Read the paragraph from a student’s literary essay comparing two different works. (1) Sandra Cisneros’s “Mericans” is about a yo
ung 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. Which best describes this paragraph? the introduction to the essay a body paragraph of the essay the thesis of the essay the conclusion of the essay
You should sprinkle it throughout. Otherwise, the reader will be uninterested if all of the interesting details are in one part of the story and stop reading it.
The fixed mindset is the most common and the most harmful, so it's worth understanding and considering how it's affecting you. For example: In a fixed mindset, you believe “She's a natural born singer” or “I'm just no good at dancing.” In a growth mindset, you believe “Anyone can be good at anything.
