Identify a theme addressed in the story and explain how it is supported and developed throughout the story. Please make sure to answer the question fully and use textual evidence to support your thinking (at least 5-7 sentences per question). The story is Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros.

In the context of the passage, what does the word torpid mean? b. predatory a. energetic c. dormant d. aquatic

The ch in chronicle is a hint that the word is ultimately derived from latin greek french portuguese

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile