In "In the Time of Butterflies", the fact that the father was desperate for a son
indicates that female children are not
a) needed for a family to be complete
b) able to run a business
c) customarily seen as the equal of male children
d) none of the above

Which of the following sentences requires a colon to be correct? a. in his vacation suitcase, jonathan packed two pairs of pants, four shirts, his swimsuit, and his favorite pajamas. b. when she decided to write a letter, she grabbed her pen, paper, stamps, and address book. c. the new dessert recipe called for equal parts of sugar, cream, peanut butter, and crushed pecans. d. she gathered all of her ingredients to make a smoothie strawberries, blueberries, bananas, and yogurt.

Prompt: read the letter to the editor "i, too, have a dream." how does the writer use structure and language to persuade her readers and support her feelings about immigration? write an essay using evidence from the letter to answer the question.

And a work of fiction what is the term for the series of events that build towards the climax