Answer: A. "She was careful about my friends, and I myself was quite particular"
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The question is from the newsela article, <em>"Missteps lead publishing industry to review diversity effort."</em>
The answers are:
- (A) The latest results showed the industry is around 75 percent white and mostly female.
- (C) Cummins is not of Mexican heritage but visited the country and migrant shelters along the border for book research. In a New York Times op-ed in 2016, she wrote, "My family is mostly white." She has one Puerto Rican grandparent.
- (B) to demonstrate the effectiveness of a diversity program aimed at increasing diversity in publishing.
- (C) She would disagree and note the changes she has observed since beginning her career.
Explanation:
- The information, "<em>The children's book publisher Lee & Low released a survey of people who work in publishing. The latest results showed the industry is around 75 percent white and mostly female." </em>conveys that empirical data supports the claim that the publishing industry is mostly white.
- In the introductory paragraph, the major concern of the critics is conveyed in the line, "Critics of "American Dirt" claim its story makes mistakes in describing Mexican life and culture. The misrepresentation of Mexican culture in<em> "American Dirt" </em>can be accredited to the facts that Cummins is neither Mexican nor was the cultural research adequate.
- Michaela T. Glover is one of the interns at the United Negro College Fund internship program. The lines,<em> "The organization WeNeedDiverseBooks works with publishers and agents to recruit interns. The program began with five interns in 2015 and will likely place 15-20 this summer. Out of 44 interns, 39 have since graduated from college and 30 have found full-time work in publishing, according to the organization.
" </em>convey that the program is working to diversify the publishing industry.
- Tracy Sherrod conveys her publishing experience in the lines, "I first came into publishing in the 1980s and at that time it was believed that black people didn't read. That statement was made to me multiple times, so we've come a long way," she said. "We're growing as an industry, but there will be some growing pains." Tracy Sherrod believes that the industry is growing.
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D). Antonyms.
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The authors provide context clues which are hints or clues that assist the readers to define the meaning of an unusual or unfamiliar word.
In the given example, <u>the antonym('a word with the opposite or contradictory meaning of the given words') of 'propaganda' would best help the audience to define it</u>. The opposite meaning('antonym') of propaganda is 'truth, fact, or reality' which is signaled by words like 'honest, fact-based reading.' It helps the reader define that 'propaganda' is 'biased or manipulated information intended to influence people' as the Guilder people were forced to read it who used to read facts or reality(opposite of 'propaganda') earlier. Thus, <u>option D</u> is the correct answer.
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The main theme of the film is that
appearances can be deceiving. The boys
think that Scotty is hopeless as a player
at first, but Benny looks beneath Scotty's
ordinary surface, and realizes that Scotty
wants to fit in. The young boy becomes a
valued member of the team
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the ball go overs the fence
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Jim Hawkins
The first-person narrator of almost the entire novel. Jim is the son of an innkeeper near Bristol, England, and is probably in his early teens. He is eager and enthusiastic to go to sea and hunt for treasure. He is a modest narrator, never boasting of the remarkable courage and heroism he consistently displays. Jim is often impulsive and impetuous, but he exhibits increasing sensitivity and wisdom.
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