Answer:
"Why don't you like me the way I am? I'm not a genius! I can't play the piano. And even if I could, I wouldn't go on TV if you paid me a million dollars!' I cried."
and
"My mother slapped me. 'Who ask you be genius?' she shouted. 'Only ask you be your best. For you sake. You think I want you to be genius? Hnnh! What for! Who ask you!"
It means it was really cruel and basically having no heart. I hope this helps please give brainliest plzzz i am 2 marks away from expert
Period- it ends a thought or even the idea.
Comma- makes the reader stop and think, also for a pause.
Semi-colon- could stop the thought but continues.
Colon- it's formal and separates unrelated words.
Question mark- (Self explanatory) to question.
Exclamation point-Excitement
Ellipsis- to avoid lack of emotion
Dash- last thought
The correct answers to the following questions are:
(1) c. believes she can live without him. In \"The Third Bank of the River,\" the mother's reaction to the father's decision to leave most likely indicates that she "<span>believes she can live without him."
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(2) c. they are unable to overcome their ow. Based on events in \"The Third Bank of the River,\" the reader can most likely conclude that the narrator's siblings choose to leave town because "<span>they are unable to overcome their ow."</span>