Read the excerpt from anthem. here, on this mountain, i and my sons and my chosen friends shall build our new land and our fort. and it will become as the heart of the earth, lost and hidden at first, but beating, beating louder each day. and word of it will reach every corner of the earth. and the roads of the world will become as veins which will carry the best of the world’s blood to my threshold. and all my brothers, and the councils of my brothers, will hear of it, but they will be impotent against me. the imagery of “the heart” suggests what relationship between the society the narrator plans to build on the mountain and the outside world? the new society will be restricted to the narrator’s sons and selected friends. membership for the new society on the mountain will be open to anyone. the narrator will establish the new society on the mountain and then will bring it to his brothers and the councils of brothers. news of

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

Which statement best describes how the first-person narration in fever 1793 engages readers? mattie's perspective on the city of philadelphia gives readers an understanding of why some residents are leaving for the country. mattie's perspective on the state of her family's business gives readers an understanding of the responsibility she feels. mattie's perspective on her grandfather's strong-headed opinions gives readers an understanding of the influence he has on her. mattie's perspective on the events of 1793 gives readers an understanding of the experiences and uneasiness of the time.

(05.02)on a boat, a cabin's window is in the shape of an isosceles trapezoid, as shown below. what is the area of the window? using what you know about the words "decompose," "descent," and "deport," the prefix "de" means