In the story, "the soft-hearted sioux" by zitkala-sa, what does the narrator do after bringing the meat to his father and finding him dead?
a. he returns to the pasture and kills the rest of the cows.
b. he gives himself up to the white men.
c. he runs away and lives on his own.
d. he and his mother go off in search of their tribe.

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.

The audience for a piece of writing is neighbors, and the purpose is to persuade them to with the problem of noisy pets in the neighborhood. what form of writing and what kind of supporting details best support this audience and purpose? scholarly article; facts about noise pollution community newspaper article; discussion of noisy pets and possible solutions national magazine article; description of neighborhood pets brochure; date and time for a community meeting