Answer:
The theme of the story Birds of a feather is surviving in the unknown environment, adapting, and making new connections.
Explanation:
The story is connecting the experiences of the author, her Mami (mother), and Helen, to those of parakeet birds. <u>They both came to the unknown environment after a hard time and managed to survive and adapt, as well as make friends.</u> The birds were in the company of each other, just like the author had her Mami and later Helen. Parakeets are, therefore, the metaphor for the author’s experience, as well as Helen’s. Making friends with Helen is the key point in the story, as it shows how important it is to make connections, friends, and how similar some people might be, even though we think of them as very different to us.
The sentence that shows an example of an allusion is as follows:
"Therefore, all of her classmates were astonished by her Rapunzel-like transformation".
An allusion is a literary technique in which a reference is made to a person, place or thing which happened in the past. In this case, the allusion is towards, Rapunzel, a princess with very long, flowing hair.
The answer would be the first choice or A. "Original ideas that are <em>not</em> your own."
Any piece of information that does not belong to you would require a citation, otherwise it would be considered <em>plagiarism. </em>B and C are incorrect because both of those things belong to you, and therefore don't require citation. D is also incorrect because a general fact doesn't belong to any one person. For example, if you wanted to include the information that dogs can't eat chocolate, that wouldn't require a citation because that is general knowledge that most people are aware of.
