Short answer using the strategy of a. p.e., answer the question that follows: a: answer the question (sentence one) p: prove your answer using relevant citations (quotes) from the text (sentence two) e: explain how your proof answers the question (sentence three) your answer should be at least three sentences. james and captain keller discuss the civil war battle of vicksburg, in which the union general grant and his army attacked vicksburg for more than forty days and finally won. vicksburg is considered a turning point in the war. what can you infer about the historical setting, based on their conversation? what opinions and political beliefs do they express?

Read the excerpts from “take the tortillas out of your poetry” and “speaking arabic.” my friend had concluded that if he took his language and culture out of his poetry, he stood a better chance of receiving a fellowship. he took out his native language, the poetic patois of our reality, the rich mixture of spanish, english, pachuco and street talk which we know so well. in other words, he took the tortillas out of his poetry, which is to say he took the soul out of his poetry. at a neighborhood fair in texas, somewhere between the german oom-pah sausage stand and the mexican gorditas booth, i overheard a young man say to his friend, “i wish i had a heritage. sometimes i feel—so lonely for one.” and the tall american trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head. which best states how the structures of both excerpts support ideas about cultural diversity? each incorporates non-english words. each incorporates academic words. each incorporates offensive words. each incorporates nonsense words.