Read the passage from sugar changed the world.
how does the timeline support the text?
i wanted to know more about the beguiling nina, and my
cousin had plenty of stories to share. he told me that her
grandfather was a russian sert-a farmer who could be
bought and sold by the noble who owned his land. family
legend has it that this serf, a remarkable and intelligent man,
to change the course of the history of sugar. in the
early 1800s, the british controlled most of the sugar
plantations of the caribbean and the sea routes to europe.
as a result, their rivals were desperate to find a new way to
create sugar. they turned to beets.
we don't know exactly what nina's grandfather's invention
did, but as the story goes, he found a way to give raw beet
sugar sparkling hues. people from russia to the cafés of
vienna could now buy cheap and attractive sugar produced
on european soil.
it emphasizes the problem-solution structure of the
passage.
it explains further the connection between the sugar
industry and slavery.
it supports the central ideas of the passage with specific
dates.
it provides key locations to events described in the
passage.
serfs were much like slaves, since they had no choice about

Ead the passage from "marriage is a private affair” by chinua achebe. "i shall never see her,” was the reply. from that night the father scarcely spoke to his son. he did not, however, cease hoping that he would realize how serious was the danger he was heading for. day and night he put him in his prayers. nnaemeka, for his own part, was very deeply affected by his father’s grief. but he kept hoping that it would pass away. if it had occurred to him that never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue, he might have been less optimistic. "it has never been heard,” was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later. in that short sentence he spoke for all of his people. this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke when news went round about his son’s behaviour. by that time the son had gone back to lagos. "it has never been heard,” said the old man again with a sad shake of his head. "what did our lord say? ” asked another gentleman. "sons shall rise against their fathers; it is there in the holy book.” "it is the beginning of the end,” said another. how does this passage reinforce the traditional social hierarchy? the older men in the village tell okeke that he should respect nnaemeka’s decision. the older men in the village console nnaemeka about okeke’s attitude toward his choices. the older men in the village commiserate with okeke regarding nnaemeka’s decision to disobey him. the older men in the village think that nnaemeka should be optimistic that okeke will accept his decision.

Hyperbole in the book messenger by lois lowry

Why would the following likely fail as the basis for an evaluative argument? "the theme of gender bias among adults is an important one"a: it is based on a moral judgment that not everyone sharesb. it is based on the writers personal tastec. it is based on faulty assumptiond. none of the above