Refer to your Expeditions in Reading book for a complete version of this text. The article “NASA Langley’s Modern Figures Reflect on Changing Times, ‘Hidden Figures'" makes the point that Amer, Martinez, and Williams-Byrd feel honored to represent women of color who work for NASA. What evidence best supports this point? “‘Someone has to help you get over the hump,’ she said. ‘You have to have someone who always believes in you.

“‘You can’t really turn down these types of opportunities because if you’re given this gift, you got to give it forward,’ Martinez said.”

“’We kind of gravitated toward each other,’ Martinez said. ‘We’re all in different fields so it’s not like we ran into each other all the time.’”

“’She said, ‘Julie? Is this for real? Don’t play with me! It’s on my bucket list to one day be invited to the White House!

What is a generalization? a. a series of events that make up what happens in a story b. hints or clues that tell you what is going to happen in a story c. the final resolution or event that ties up loose ends in a story d. a simple statement about something complicated

Critical reading what do you think keats means in these lines from "when i have fears that i may cease to be"? i may never live to trace / their shadows, with the magic hand of chance a. i may never live to paint pictures of them. b. i may never have a chance to look at them again. c. i may never leave the shadows as long as i live. d. i may never live to write about them. select the best answer from the choices provided

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile