Read the passage from "LKnow Why the Caged Bird Which line from the passage shows Maya Angelou's
Sings.*
adult viewpoint?
Mrs. Flowers didn't belong to our church, nor was she
Momma's familiar. Why on earth did she insist on calling
Mrs. Flowers didn't belong to our church, nor was she
her Sister Flowers? Shame made me want to hide my
Momma's familiar.
face. Mrs. Flowers deserved better than to be called
Mrs. Flowers deserved better than to be called Sister.
Sister. Then, Momma left out the verb. Why not ask,
With the unbalanced passion of the young, I hated her
"How are you, Mrs. Flowers?" With the unbalanced
for showing her ignorance to Mrs. Flowers.
passion of the young, I hated her for showing her
It didn't occur to me for many years that they were as
ignorance to Mrs. Flowers. It didn't occur to me for many
alike as sisters, separated only by formal education.
years that they were as alike as sisters, separated only
by formal education. h

Which underlined word in the sentence is a demonstrative adjective? these brown shoes fit my feet very well.

This thinning would materially change the sound of the drum, evidence that although it might continue to be used for its original purpose of music-making or calling people to arms, it would now do so with a different voice. a musical instrument had become a trophy, and the new carvings were in fact branding, a statement of the north’s political dominance over central africa and of allegiance to islam.the drum had come to khartoum at a critical moment in sudanese history. in an audio version, stressing the word "branding" would do what for the listener? emphasize the word's importance and the idea that followsadd emphasis to the following sentencesignal that something important has just been repeatedadd emphasis to the preceding sentence

Read the excerpt from cristina garcia’s dreaming in cuban.i don’t really want to talk about my father but i end up telling minnie how he used to take me horseback riding on our ranch, strapping me in his saddle with a leather seat belt he designed just for me. dad’s family owned casinos in cuba, and had one of the largest ranches on the island. there were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. dad fed them molasses to fatten them, and gave the chickens corn and sorghum until they laid vermilion eggs, rich with vitamins. he took me on an overnight inspection once. we camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices. my father knew i understood more than i could say. he told me stories about cuba after columbus came. he said that the spaniards wiped out more indians with smallpox than with muskets.how does the structure of the excerpt add meaning to the passage? it includes historical information about the spaniards and indians to indicate the work is nonfiction.it describes the setting of the ranch owned by pilar’s cuban grandparents to explain family values.it uses several narrators to share their points of view about past and present life in cuba.it manipulates the chronological order of events to reveal the close relationship between pilar and her father.