Prompt: In the poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes, the speaker talks about a difficult time and how she kept going despite hardships. Think of a time when you persevered or continued to push forward despite your circumstances. Write a constructed response where you explain your circumstances and how you pushed through to achieve your goal.

This year has been hard for everyone in the world, because of the pandemic. Like many others, my brother has been dealing with panic attacks due to the quarantine, so my entire family has been struggling as we are uncertain on how to help him. However, this experience has brought us together. We decided to establish family activities to distract him. We organized our schedules around him so he´s always accompanied. And in a family always skeptical about psychology, we changed our minds as he pleaded for some professional help and became amazed by how much it helped him.

Explanation:

In Langston Hughes´s mother words, we are still climbin’, and we are not turning back.

it is the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story. the exposition will often have information about events that happened before the story began. the exposition is often the very first part of the plot.

answer: c

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