<span>The answer is the option A. Those who perform the best. Meritocracy comes from merit and cratia (merit rules); it means that in the ideal meritocracy the individuals with greatest merits (best performance) will be rewarded with the highest positions, responsibilities and salaries.</span><span />
Answer:
1) Althea Gibson was full of energy and she was dedicated and she never gave up which shows she was determined.
2) Gibson faced some hardships such as almost going bankrupt, she suffered from a stroke which lead to her developing heart problems, and from there her health was just declining more and more, she faced the hardship of many white people not allowing her to play or her getting a hotel room because she was black.
3) Billie Jean King means that if it wasn't for Gibson then many black woman would have to work harder and they wouldn't believe that they could do it, but Gibson showed the world that you can do anything if you put your heart and dedication into it.
4) You can tell that Gibson always wanted to improve herself because she said that she wanted to be somebody "But Gibson did not let this get her down. She kept playing hard. She wanted to be the best". She kept practicing and working harder to improve herself.
5) Yes, I believe that Althea Gibson is a sport legend. I believe this because she faced so many hardships in her life but didn't give up, those hardships that she faced just shaped her more and made her more determined. Most people just give up but she was not going to because she wanted to be the best there was. I also think she is a sports legend because she had so much determination and perseverance and she was one of the people who broke the record and showed other black woman and men that they can do anything with hard work, practice, determination and they can be anyone no matter their color. "But she kept trying". "She kept playing hard". "She was named the female athlete of the year. She was the first african american to win that honor". "Her success made it easier for African Americans, and other woman, to succeed in the sport." and finally "Gibson showed it could be done".
Explanation:
1. What do you think the narrator of “The Gift of the Magi” considers as having real value? - <span>the protagonists' love for each other </span>
2. In the story “The Gift of the Magi,” which of the following is an example of allusion? - <span>the discovery that the protagonists sold their most prized possessions </span>
3. In “Fabric of Their Lives,” what does the information about Annie Mae Young burning her quilts reveal about her personality? - <span>Young saw her quilts as something very private.</span>
4. In “Fabric of Their Lives,” Aronzia Pettway made quilts mostly to - <span>Become economicallyindependent.</span>
5. Both Marge Piercy and Walt Whitman believe that - <span>Art is not an important part of life.</span>
6. The poems in this unit express appreciation for - <span>the value of work.</span>
7. What is the meaning of meretricious as it is used in this sentence from “The Gift of the Magi”? - <span>Showy and vulgar</span>
8. Which vocabulary word completes this sentence CORRECTLY? When Mr. Klein realized that his true identity was revealed, he found himself in an interesting - <span>predicament </span>
9.Which of the following sentences uses capitalization CORRECTLY? - <span>I just read O. Henry's short story “The Gift of the Magi.”</span>
10. Which of the following sentences displays the CORRECT use of punctuation? (1 point)Leonardo da Vinci, inventor, painter, and poet is considered a true genius.
11. What connotation is attributed to the “parlor generals” in the following lines from “To Be of Use”? -<span>brutality</span>
Answer:
17 - "These are some of things we helped him with."
Explanation:
14 - is wrong because it should be: My dad said,"If I <u>was</u> smarter, then I would've called first."
15 - is wrong because it should be: "For our next vacation, he enlisted us to help out and be better prepared."
16 - is wrong because it should be: "We worked hard to find out all the information we could."
