Read the excerpt from this land was made for you and me. during his lifetime he wrote down more than three thousand songs, taking stories from everywhere: the front page of the newspaper; union meetings and busted-up strikes; and the sights and sounds of america as he walked “that ribbon of highway.” which aspect of a biography is present in this excerpt?
an important life event
a quotation from an expert
a birth or death date
a characteristic of the subject

What is the probability of getting a license plate with 123 abc or abc 123?

How does the author of finding flight incorporate ideas from the poem hope is the only thing with feathers into her work

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." lately, i’ve been giving more thought to the kind of english my mother speaks. like others, i have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” english. but i wince when i say that. it has always bothered me that i can think of no other way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. what best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”