Read this excerpt from leah missbach day’s foreword to wheels of change. as wbr's resident photographer i am privileged to see firsthand the impact bicycles have on the lives of our recipients. why does the author include this excerpt? to provide a high-interest “hook” to explain the book’s topic to establish credibility to define key terms

Imagine that your favorite sports team has been nominated for an award. you’ve been selected to write a brief paragraph about why your team deserves to win the award. write two short paragraphs explaining why. in one paragraph, write a note to the commissioner of the league whose vote counts for 50% of the award recipient. in the second paragraph, write to voters participating in the online poll that will determine the remaining 50% of the vote. your topic is the same for each paragraph. adjust your writing to accommodate two different audiences.

What do you want (really, really want) out of your collage education?

Read the paragraph from a student's literary essay comparing two different works (1) sandra cisneros's "mericans" is about a young american girl of mexican descent who is struggling to find her own cultural identity (2) cisneros illustrates this through a number of images and ideas. (3) for example, the speaker, micaela, calls her grandmother "awful," and seems to resent the woman's strict views and religious ideals. (4) the speaker also mentions how she and her brother emulate characters from popular american television programs when they play make-believe. (5) lastly, she describes physically standing outside her family's church, an act that symbolizes the fact that she feels like an outsider to mexican culture. (6) although micaela is of mexican descent, she seems to feel a stronger connection to the united states. this paragraph supports the idea that micaela wishes her heritage was different because she has difficulty relating to her grandmother. wants to find her own unique identity that is separate from her brother and her grandmother will never accept her mexican roots because of her feelings toward her grandmother identifies with her mexican heritage in a different way than her grandmother mark this and return save and exit next submit