English OR ENGLISH 1 - BL3200-01
nd of Unit 1 Writing
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Prompt
Option 1 - Using a short story, informational text, or historical document, explain the multiple themes within two of the texts
that support the idea of "An Emerging Nation." Make inferences and cite evidence from the text to support your analysis.
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Option 2 - Using two or more written texts or documents, explain the multiple themes within the texts that support the idea of
"An Emerging Nation." Make inferences and cite evidence from the texts to support your analysis,
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the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.

because he was killed by the black arrow.

the central idea is basically saying that juveniles that have committed a crime will not have the same consequences as the   adults that have. they will have a softer punishment than what the adults have that is harsh in some ways.