The correct answer is D.
None of the words in this excerpt needs to be explain since they can all be understrood through context.
The world "passé" may be in a foreign language and unfamiliar for some of the readers, but the sentence structure helps understand its meaning from context.
The word "markerspace" is described in the same sentence, and therefore does not need further explanation.
The phrase "staying power" may be new for some readers but its meaning can be easily deducted from the word choice and the context of the sentence.
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
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The pointers that can be used for the essay to make it persuasive are given below:
Explanation:
The essay must be persuasive so it must  employ
- Cold facts
- US has one of the high starting wages. 
- There is a welfare scheme in the nation
-Strategies and pointers that must be used:
- The people of the nation usually do not fall from being rich due to safety nets.
- Any prosperous nation usually has it much easier because their prosperity had made them predisposed to have more prosperity by their own lives
- There is little relation to intelligence and richness and most people who do badly in studies can get jobs in US,
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
The publishing houses rejected his poems and stories.
Explanation:
Walter Dean Myers shared the story of his life and his effort to see that young people succeed in the face of hard times in an interview with BBC news on 5/6/2012.
There he told them he was committed to writing based on the advice that was given to him by one of his high school teachers.
He said in his attempt to get his works published, he sent his poems and stories to publishing houses and they were rejected on countless occasions. His first book to be published is "where does the day go?" after several failed attempts.
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Answer:
I recently read this book. Ponyboy fantasized about going home and he thought of his parents.
Explanation:
Have a Nice Day!