The answer is option C: Teen-angers account for billions of dollars of consumer spending every year.
The central idea of the passage is to describe how much teenagers from ages twelve to nineteen will spend in 2000. It also depicts how much families with and without teenagers spend per year, and concludes that teens are involved in family decisions.
In his essay on the growing influence of Hispanic people on <span>American culture, Ray Suarez concludes, "We ignore them at our peril." What do you think he means? I think he means that hispanic people are quite numerous in the US and their numbers have been growing and they take jobs that WASP Americans won't do like picking grapes or housework/homecare so are becoming a growing force economically and politically.</span>
I don't know what the underlined sentence is, because there is none. But, assuming the underlined sentence is "he'd been held up, but at least he was there" you could use the next sentence, "As he rushed down the aisle to the stage, he muttered to himself, "better late than never."" to better understand, because him mentioning that he was late, can help you decipher the meaning of him being held up.
A very fancy door from the 1900´s door bang against the chipped wall of the house or a car pull up in the driveway thinking its here mom to welcome her to her new home
Its a simile because it uses like its comparing the both