"The Gift of the Magi" was a sad story about a couple at Christmas time. The woman had long beautiful hair that she cut off to buy a present for her husband. They couldn't use the gifts they exchanged, so their holiday was ruined. In three to five sentences, suggest how to make this summary more effective. Use details from the story to support your answer.

Read the excerpt from pat mora’s essay "the leader in the mirror." i hoped that most of the students were going to enroll in college. the confetti would be for their private celebrations, those solitary moments when they had passed a test that worried them, finished a difficult paper at 2 a. m., found a summer internship. sometimes, even when no one else is around, it’s important to celebrate when we have struggled and succeeded—to sprinkle a little confetti on our own heads. what is the author’s purpose in using confetti as a symbol? the confetti represents celebration. the author uses confetti to encourage her audience to celebrate success. the confetti represents celebration. the author uses confetti to teach the students how to plan a celebration party. the confetti is a symbol of college graduation. the author uses the symbol to reward college graduates. the confetti is a symbol of summer internships. the author uses the symbol to encourage signing up for summer internships.

Which  two  sections of text in these excerpts from virginia woolf's  mrs. dalloway  deal with the motif of water?

Did franklin achieve the virtues of humility?