Which theme is best shown in this passage from my antonia? those girls had grown up in the first bitter-hard times, and had got little schooling themselves. but the younger brothers and sisters, for whom they made such sacrifices and who have had “advantages,” never seem to me, when i meet them now, half as interesting or as well educated. the older girls, who to break up the wild sod, learned so much from life, from poverty, from their mothers and grandmothers; they had all, like antonia, been early awakened and made observant by coming at a tender age from an old country to a new. a good education is the key to success. people are better off farming than going to school. women’s strength immigrant families to succeed. poverty leads people to have uninteresting lives.

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In which sentence does the underlined adverb modify a verb? (i’ll put the words that are underlined in caps) a. water young plants often. b. water young plants rather often. c. we generally water young plants often. d. water very young plants often.

(1) one of the most popular festivals in southeast asia is diwali, the hindu festival of lights. (2) diwali means “row of lights.” (3) several legends claim that the festival was created to celebrate the homecoming of lord rama after more than 14 years of exile. (4) after lord rama defeated the demon ravana, the people placed small lanterns outside of their houses to light their leader’s way home. (5) today, the festival honors many different gods and traditions. (6) most people view diwali as a celebration of hope and a time to remember that good will always overcome evil. (7) people celebrate the five-day festival with an abundance of lights, fireworks, food, and music. (8) many families also pay their respects to different gods by building small altars in their homes. jordan has decided that moving sentence 4 before sentence 3 will improve the organization of the report. is jordan correct in her revision? a) yes, because the revision explains why rama was exiled b) no, the revision disrupts the logical order of the report c) no, the revision moves the answer away from the posed question eliminate d) yes, the revision improves the chronological order of the report