Read the passage from "the quinceanera.” the next thing i knew, the alarm on my phone rang, startling me out of a daze. it was 12: 30, time for me to leave! in a rush of misery i realized i had to make a choice: get my sister’s gift or make it to my movie on time. a quick look at the jewelry reminded me that there wasn’t anything here i thought she’d like anyhow. but i had to get her something! and then it hit me. my sister liked movies – i could get her movie tickets at the theatre, or a gift certificate she could use whenever she wanted! the reader can logically predict that the narrator will most likely regret his decision and go back to the jewelry store. get involved with his friends and the movie and forget the gift. watch the movie and then buy his sister a gift she will enjoy. stay late with his friends and arrive late to the party.

Read the excerpt from a history of the world in 100 objects. power is usually not willingly given, but forcefully taken; and in both europe and america the nineteenth century was punctuated by political protest, with periodic revolutions on the continent, the civil war in america and, in britain, a steady struggle to widen the suffrage. what would be a benefit of reading this text rather than listening to an audio version of it? the reader could analyze the text features in the excerpt. the reader could visualize the description given. the reader could set his or her own pace and reread parts for clarity. the reader could hear the sounds of the political protest.

How were kapos like the camp administration, and how were they like the other prisoners? use details from the memoir to support your answer.

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.