Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of the narrative. which quotation from "first love" by judith ortiz cofer best refines the theme that love does not come easily to everyone? a.) “…as we stood chanting our farewells in latin, he looked straight across the room and into my eyes! ” b.) “…i had, of course, in the great tradition of tragic romance, chosen to love a boy who was totally out of my reach.” c.) “my secret love sat across the room from me looking supremely bored.” d.) “i believed myself still invisible to him in ‘nothing’ status as i looked upon my beloved.”

Once you have finished revising your peer’s essay, continue to demonstrate your understanding of grammar and punctuation by writing an essay containing all of the grammatical concepts outlined above. your essay should be short, just 250 words, and it can be written on any subject. it should contain an example of parallel structure, an example of every type of phrase and clause outlined in this lesson, an example of two independent clauses connected by a semicolon, and an example of a colon. if you are struggling to come up with an idea for an essay, consider writing it about the themes present in one of the texts you have read already.