What connections can be made between the short clip from The Cosby Show and the article “Woman and Credit through the Decades: the 1980s”? Explain how these two resources are connected, using evidence from the sources to support your claim. Use evidence from both texts to support your response.

“skateboarding is a sport combining grace, courage and skill, and here we see it being born.” based on this passage, what inference can you make about the author’s opinion of skateboarding? a. the author does not think skateboarding is a ‘real’ sport. c. the author feels skateboarding should be illegal. b. the author feels skateboarding is only appealing to very young children. d. the author respects and appreciates skateboarding as a sport.

Which best explains the role that the theme of freedom plays in this excerpt

Direct characterization includes select all that apply. statements by the author about a character's personality statements by the author about a character's appearance statements by the author about what a character is like statements by the character about what they hate