Read the following poem by grace paley and answer the question that follows. your response should be two to three sentences in length.

"family" by grace paley

my father was brilliant embarrassed funny handsome

my mother was plain serious principled kind

my grandmother was intelligent lonesome for her

other life her dead children silent

my aunt was beautiful bitter angry loving

i fell among these adjectives in earliest childhood

and was nearly buried with opportunity

some of them stuck to me others

finding me american and smooth slipped away

what does the speaker of the poem imply about being american?

Read this excerpt from patrick henry's speech ''give me liberty or give me death.'' what is the main idea of the text

Write a literary analysis essay about an intercalary chapter of the grapes of wrath. your essay should examine how the structure and language support the overall purpose, and it should include specific examples from the text to support your claim. your essay should include the following elements: • a claim that takes a clear stand on the author's purpose, supported by main points • evidence from the text that supports your claim and main points • commentary that the reader understand how your evidence should be interpreted • an introduction, body and conclusion that organize the content of your essay

What is a mechanism by which organisms maintain homeostasis when the level of one substance influences the level of another substance or the activity of an organ.