Read the following excerpt from "the four hundred year old woman" by bharati mukherjee and answer the following question. i have found my way in the united states after many transit stops. the unglimpsed phantom faridpur, and the all too real manhattan have merged as "desh." i am an american. i am an american writer, in the american mainstream, trying to extend it. what is the meaning of the allusion unglimpsed phantom faridpur? her family's homeland that she has never seen the ghost of her homeland calling her back her vivid memory of where she was born another town near manhattan

Without saying a word, berthe seized the child, kissed it and hugged it to her. then she raised her tear-filled eyes to him, asking: "did you say that the mother was dead? " he answered: "yes—just now—in my arms. i had broken with her since summer. i knew nothing. the physician sent for me." then berthe murmured: "well, we will bring up the little one." in this excerpt from "a wedding gift," the scene is an example of situational irony because berthe behaves in a surprising way an example of the theme of redemption because the child has another chance an example of dramatic irony because berthe behaves in a surprising way an example of the theme of tragedy because the infant's mother has just died

What is the claim in an argumentative text? the facts and data that support a statement of opinion in the text the statement that takes a position on an issue or controversy the explanation of how the evidence in the text supports a reason the quotations from primary sources that are used to validate a fact

Your essay should be short, just 250 words, and it can be written on any subject. it should contain an example of parallel structure, an example ofevery type of phrase and clause outlined in this lesson, an example of two independent clauses connected by asemicolon, and an example of a colon. if you are struggling to come up with an idea for an essay, consider writing itabout the themes present in one of the texts you have read already.