Have you ever been in a tense situation and afterwards wondered if you could have handled it differently? Did you say or do something that you later decided was a mistake? In the following journal, please respond with a situation in which
you learned more information after you had made a serious decision. Would you have changed your original opinion if
you had had more information? If you cannot think of a situation involving you, can you think of one involving someone
you know? Draw from your personal evidence to support your reflection. Your response should be at least 50 words. Do
not forget to edit your response before you submit

Read the excerpt from rudolfo anaya’s essay “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” tortillas and poetry. they go hand in hand. books nourish the spirit, bread nourishes our bodies. our distinct cultures nourish each one of us, and as we know more and more about the art and literature of the different cultures, we become freer and freer. . i don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to sample different ethnic foods, the breads of many many groups; just as many of us enjoy sampling books from different areas of the world. i travel to foreign countries, and i know more about myself as i learn more about my fellow human beings. censorship imposes itself in my path of knowledge, and that activity can be justified by no one. which choice best describes the purpose of this text? to persuade readers to oppose the censorship of literature to inform readers about censorship in a specific country to entertain readers with stories about censorship to motivate readers to speak out against censorship mark this and return

Fill in the blanks mommy told the kids, who promised they up their rooms by lunch, that they would go to the park. a would cleanb cleanedc have cleaned

Time is not always change. time can also mean continuity, and it can mean keeping acknowledged truths in mind despite differences in circumstances. there is no better example of this in things fall apart than the retellings of the proverb about the bird named eneke, the language in both retellings is almost identical despite the length of time that has passed between their repetitions. in comparing the usages of the same proverb, achebe allows his readers to note the similarities and differences between the situations, and he them understand how this story can be applied to their own lives.