Las Papas Excerpt from “Las Papas” by Julio Ortega Which two pieces of evidence from the passage best support your answer to Part A?
A "It was as if he discovered one of `the lost varieties of the Andean potato: the one that belonged to him, wondering, at noon." (paragraph 2)
B "When the chicken began to fry in the skillet, the boy returned, attracted by its aroma". (paragraph 3)
C "Uh-huh. I remember that." (paragraph 12)
D "The boy went for his Spanish reader and sat down at the kitchen table." (paragraph 15)
E "The grass, all lit up, became an oblique field, a slope of tame fire seen from the window." (paragraph 17)
F "Maybe his father had made these meals for him, in this always incomplete past, to celebrate the meeting of father and son." (paragraph 19)

With the extra income, the bookers moved to a housing project. "loveman's village was brick," wash said, "and it was warm and well lit. there was a bathtub. it had hot and cold running water. there was a gas heater with a thermostat that came on whenever it got cold." how does this excerpt readers make a personal connection to the story?

Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine.com. poetry magazine, n.d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?

Which if the following can you infer about maggie?