Even with Mrs. Ramos’s guidance, though, the first time I baked a chocolate cake, it was less than successful. The top never rose, so I was stuck with a pancake-inspired chocolate lump. That experience, and baking in general, taught me that the little details matter. The difference between half a teaspoon and a whole teaspoon is everything in the baking world. Additionally, my first failed attempt taught me perseverance. Seeing Mrs. Ramos’s perfectly sculptured, tasty work of art piqued my interest and curiosity, and I knew that with hard work, my desserts would get there someday, too. What does the writer hope to convey through the specific details in the passage? Check all that apply. that his or her skills have surpassed Mrs. Ramos’s that he or she has learned a lot about baking through failure that failure inspires new types of cakes that he or she appreciates the value of hard work that some dreams are unattainable

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. there was a moment, in time, and in this place, when my brother, or my mother, or my father, or my sister, had to convey to me, for example, the danger in which i was standing from the white man standing just behind me, and to convey this with a speed, and in a language, that the white man could not possibly understand, and that, indeed, he cannot understand, until today. he cannot afford to understand it. this understanding would reveal to him too much about himself, and smash that mirror before which he has been frozen for so long. this excerpt from "if black english isn't a language, then tell me, what is? " is significant because -select all that apply- hughes imagines himself as a black slave. hughes uses black english to emphasize his argument. hughes uses a historical example to explain the origins of language. hughes explains the significance that black english holds for white people.