Some of the more common universal themes found in literature include:
Individual struggle towards a personal goal
A person's struggle with humanity
falling in love
Life cycles
Karma
Coping with tragedy
Adolescence
Finally, discovering the world around us.
The answers are given here with short explanations :
Explanation:
Question 1:
<u>Erika considered his class good preparation for college.</u>
While the first sentence reveals she does not dislike him, this is a clear indication of her respect for him.
Question 2:
<u>Her B in Mr. Kelp's class was her lowest letter grade overall.</u>
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The lines before this make it clear that she is brilliant so this shows that all other grades are As.
Question 3:
<u>She wants Erika to steal a copy of the test from the teacher.</u>
She indirectly wants Erika to do it.
Question 4 :
<u>They wanted Erika to steal the answers for them instead.</u>
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They knew they could coerce her to steal the papers for them so they did not want to study.
Question 5:
<u>Her teammates gave three explicit reasons.</u>
They reasoned that they cannot study for the test and that they may loose the championship and lastly that a team player puts the team first.
The first line of the poem 'To the doctor who treated the
raped baby and felt such despair' by Finuala Dowling is “<span>I just wanted to say on behalf of us all. The plural
pronoun used is ‘us’ which represents a lot of them wanted to say something to
the doctor but instead only a single person spoke.</span>