Read the following excerpt from sandra cisneros’s story "mericans." “por favor,” says the lady. “¿un foto? ” pointing to her camera. “si.” she’s so busy taking junior’s picture, she doesn’t notice me and keeks. “hey, michele, keeks. you guys want gum? ” “but you speak english! ” “yeah,” my brother says, “we’re mericans.” which of the following statements best explains the irony in this excerpt?

If the four main points of this informational speech were changed 1. part-time job interviews ii. summer job interviews iii. college entrance interviews iv. full-time job interviews organization type would change from a. topical, cause-effect b. chronological, topical c. spatial, chronological d. cause-effect, spatial

If you were making a persuasive speech about how students should take creative writing every year they are in school, which sentence would most effectively support that argument?

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