1. Read the following sentences from “The Censors.”Only his darling mother worried, but she couldn’t get him back on the right road. She’d say, thought it wasn’t always true: Lola called, she’s at the bar with the girls, they miss you, they’re waiting for you. Or else she’d leave a bottle of red wine on the table.How does the writer mostly reveal the mother’s character?
A. Through her actions
2. Read the following sentences from “The Youngest Doll.”The aunt thought he was listening for the breathing of the prawn to see if it was still alive, and she fondly lifted his hand and placed it on the spot where he could feel the constant movement of the creature’s antennae. The young man released the ruffle and looked fixedly at his father. “You could have cured his from the start,” he told him. “That’s true,” his father answered, “but I just wanted you to see the prawn that has been paying for your education these twenty years.”In these sentences, the prawn most likely symbolizes
B. A sense of selfish motivation and greed
3. Read the following sentences from "The Censors."Only his darling mother worried, but she couldn't get him back on the right road. She’d say, though it wasn't always true: Lola called, she’s at the bar with the girls, they miss you, they're waiting for you. Or else she'd leave a bottle of red wine on the table.
How does the writer mostly reveal the mother's character?
a. through her actions
b. the pope controlled the area around rome
The answer is
connotations, diction, the speaker, the topic
In his memoir, Sampson Davis describes the experience of growing up in Newark. He tells us that he came from an impoverished background, and that he faced enormous difficulties and obstacles in order to become a doctor. However, even after he became a doctor, Davis believed it was important for him to come back and become a beacon of hope for other people who had grown up in the same difficult environment. He wanted to come back and show young people that it was possible for them to change their lives through education.
