Kamen's style is Read this excerpt from "On Becoming an Inventor" by
Dean Kamen

From this well-stocked basement came a whole new
set of really neat projects. My younger brother, Mitch,
and his friends, as well as some of my own friends,
would come after school to help. At sixteen I was now a
young entrepreneur, paying them for their help. I was
surprised by the number of orders I was getting for
more and more equipment. Soon I didn't have time to
build and design new things. Giving over this work to
other kids gave me more time to do what I wanted to
do. This went on after school and all summer long.
informal; he uses slang to entertain his readers.
informal; his purpose is to inform and entertain the
reader with his personal experiences.
formal; he uses complex words and ideas to inform
the reader of complicated scientific procedures.
formal; his purpose is to persuade the reader to take
part in important scientific inventions.

Read this excerpt from wheels of change by sue macy. that said, it's hard to grasp the full extent of the bicycle's impact on americans in the late 19th century—particularly female americans. imagine a population imprisoned by their very clothing; the stiff corsets, heavy skirts, and voluminous petticoats that made it difficult to take a deep breath, let alone exercise. add to that the laws and social conventions that cemented a man's place as head of the household and holder of the purse strings. how suffocated women must have felt. and how liberated they must have been as they pedaled their wheels toward new horizons. what is the central idea of the excerpt

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Read the excerpts from “take the tortillas out of your poetry” and “speaking arabic.” my friend had concluded that if he took his language and culture out of his poetry, he stood a better chance of receiving a fellowship. he took out his native language, the poetic patois of our reality, the rich mixture of spanish, english, pachuco and street talk which we know so well. in other words, he took the tortillas out of his poetry, which is to say he took the soul out of his poetry. at a neighborhood fair in texas, somewhere between the german oom-pah sausage stand and the mexican gorditas booth, i overheard a young man say to his friend, “i wish i had a heritage. sometimes i feel—so lonely for one.” and the tall american trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head. which best states how the structures of both excerpts support ideas about cultural diversity? each incorporates non-english words. each incorporates academic words. each incorporates offensive words. each incorporates nonsense words.