“her round face looked darker, and the gentleness of her eyes, the thin, arching eyebrows, seemed weary. i brushed the few strands of gray, brittle hair from her face; she managed to smile at me… yet when she spoke, and her voice hesitated, cracked, the somber shadows of her room chilled me. her wrinkled brow grew wet with fever, and her small body seemed even more diminutive.”
based on this quote from “the jade peony” by wayson choy, what can you conclude about grandmama?
a. she seems weak, fragile.
b. she is dying.
c. she doesn’t want to talk.
d. she is a strong and energetic woman.

Langston hughes cited walt whitman as one of his greatest influences and some believe that hughes wrote "i, too, sing america" in response to whitman's "i hear america singing." using on whitman's poem. consider aspects such as structure, there, word, choice, etc., as you craft your response. your response will be scored on how well you: -demonstrate your understanding of the ideas of the text -use evidence from the text to develop and support your ideas -organize your response in a logical manner -demonstrate an appropriate writing style through the use of precise word choice and varied sentences -use standard conventions for writing