Read this excerpt from paragraph 1 of “sixteen” by maureen daly and answer the question. i know it's smart to wear tweed skirts and tight fitting sweaters and ballerina shoes. and i know that your hair should be short with that look of careful carelessness, and the peasant hankie should be draped cleverly around your neck, fastened with a ring. i'm not exactly too small-town either. i read the broadway columns. you get to know what new york boy is crazy about what hollywood actress on the west coast and what starlet is currently the prettiest and who eventually, will play joan of arc. what is the main conclusion the reader can make from this excerpt? a. there are rules that dictate teen fashions in every decade. b. clothing styles for teens are the same across the united states. c. the narrator maintains her popularity based on what she wears. d. based on clothing descriptions, the narrator lived during an earlier time.

Question 3 of 10 points which sentence is an example of chronological structure in "the city without o a. without daily pumping, manhattan's subway tunnels would be flooded o b. some time in the next 100,000 years, glaciers will cover all of manhattan o c. central park has a garden that houses plants mentioned in shakespeare's plays. o d. if flooding were to go unchecked, steel support beams in buildings would rust

Read this excerpt from "ain't i a woman? " by sojoumer truth in which three sentences does she make an emotional appeal to the audience by talking about her personal hardships? well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. {i think that 'twixt the negroes of the south and the women at the north, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon.} but what's all this here talking about? {that man over there says that women need to be into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. nobody ever me into carriages, or over mud puddles, or gives me any best place} and ain't i a woman? look at me! look at my arm! {i have ploughed and planted, and gathered into bars, and no man could head me! } and ain't i a woman? i could work as much and eat as much as a man - when i could get it - and bear the lash as well! and ain't i a woman? {i have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when i cried out with my mother's grief, none but jesus heard me! } and ain't i a woman? {then they talk about this thing in the head, what's this they call it? [member of audience whispers, "intellect") that's it, honey.} what's that got to do with women's rights or negroes' rights? if my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full?

In “we wear the mask,” which message is conveyed by dunbar’s repetition of the phrase “we wear the mask”?