Answer:
until recently, fear of gangs uncontrolled, sprawled neighborhood, shot on the spot, band bodies littered the dirt streets
Explanation:
Just think of anything that sounds like a war or battle is going on.
The short story “ <u>Mericans </u>“ written by <em><u>Sandra Cisneros</u></em> is the story about children from Mexican descent living in America. They are trying to find their identity between these two worlds. They don’t use their Mexican names in America but easier sounding English names. Micaella (Michelle) narrates the story and she shows the differences between the two cultures, like in the excerpt what the dress code is for church and the woman trying to speak Spanish.
Question: The irony in this excerpt contributes most to which of the following themes?
Answer: B. It is possible for people to be connected to more than one culture.
Answer: Funding is available for for one sport to be added
The school lacrosse blues has thirty five regular attendees
Other high school lacrosse teams are seeking opponents
Explanation: The claim "Lacrosse should become a varsity sport at our school" can be supported by these ideas since they provide relevant information of different points of view that could offer even improvements to the school by accepting adding lacrosse to their sport activities, it is shown in the supporting ideas that this can give multiple benefits in a long term.
Answer:
The excerpt from Enrique’s Journey tells a story about what happened to one victim, and “Children of the Drug Wars” uses words that create an emotional response to persuade readers to take action.
Explanation:
Sonia Nazario's "Enrique's Journey" revolves around the journey that a young boy Enrique undertook to be united with his mother. The perilous journey led him through many unfortunate encounters which shows how people like Enrique had to endure to get safely to America illegally.
Damon Barrett's "Children of the Drug Wars" presents the all too familiar scenario of what children have to endure and encounter in their lives during the war with drugs and how it has an impact on them and their future lives.
While the <u>excerpt from "Enrique's Journey" tells of a single victim, the latter excerpt uses words to create an appealing emotional response to persuade readers to take action.</u> Enrique's encounter with the gangsters terrified him so much that he asked to be deported. On the other hand, the speaker of the latter book asks for children of drug wars to be allowed to be taken as refugees so that they need not <em>"make the perilous journey north alone"</em>.
