Read this excerpt from we beat the street. "but i don’t want to teach—i want to be a doctor or nurse or something medical." "i don’t even know what you have to do to become something like that," sampson said honestly. "i don’t know either," george said. "but i figure you need big piles of money and about a million years to spend in college." "hassan and ahi are going to howard university in d. c.," rameck commented, "but their folks have a little cash." he fell silent. . sampson drove the other two home then, their hopes and dreams left in the starlight. what central idea do the details in this passage support? having little money often makes the friends think that their goals are impossible to achieve. the friends wish they had more time to dedicate to college classes and studies. the world is filled with opportunities as long as the friends are determined to find them. school plays an important role in the friends decide what they want to accomplish.

How is the rhetoric that both authors use effective in conveying their points of view? explain with evidence from the texts. collection 2 - from reading lolita in tehran, from persepolis 2

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee. —"sonnet 18," william shakespeare in one to two sentences, explain the central idea of the final couplet of the poem.

1. according to mla citation style rules, when citing a book by more than one author, the authors' names should a. be listed alphabetically by first name. b. be listed alphabetically by last name. c. be listed in the order in which they appear on the title page. d. follow the title of the book. 2.which of the following items is not necessary to include in summary notes? a. all the information that is relevant to your topic and purpose b. complete publication information c. the time and date you read the source material d. specific examples 3. which of the following is not an objective of synthesizing sources? a. reviewing key ideas on a topic b. combining opinions and general statements c. exploring different points of view d. understanding the topic in depth 4.when punctuating quotations, commas and are placed inside the quotation marks. a. semicolons b. periods c. colons d. page numbers in parentheses 5. in academic writing, why would you prefer to rely on information from scholarly journals rather than magazines? a. authors in scholarly journals are generally specialists in their field. b. magazines use every-day experiences and discuss popular topics. c. scholarly journals never include visuals. d. scholarly journals are more difficult to find, and therefore more valuable. 6.when punctuating direct quotations, use a after the verb that introduces the quotation. a. comma b. dash c. colon d. seimicolon