Read the excerpt from “raymond's run.”
[my father] can beat me to amsterdam avenue with me having a two-fire-hydrant head start and him running with his hands in his pockets and whistling.
squeaky’s description of her father shows readers that she
knows she will never be as fast as her father.
admires her father’s natural running ability.
wishes her father was a more serious runner.
likes that her father can beat her in a race.

In the essay “drowning in dishes,” what is ironic about the fact that danial’s first position in his new job is the dishwashing station?

Write a review of the first part of american born chinese that explains your opinion on the effectiveness of two different plot elements

Read the passage from a raisin in the sun. mama: lord have mercy, baby. you done gone and bought your grandmother a hat? travis (very proud): open it! she does and lifts out an elaborate, but very elaborate, wide gardening hat, and all the adults break up at the sight of it. ruth: travis, honey, what is that? travis (who thinks it is beautiful and appropriate): it's a gardening hat! like the ladies always have on in the magazines when they work in their gardens. beneatha (giggling fiercely): travis—we were trying to make mama mrs. miniver—not scarlett o'hara! mama (indignantly): what's the matter with you all! this here is a beautiful hat! (absurdly.) i always wanted me one just like it! which word or phrase from the text best supports the idea that the adults think the hat is inappropriate? “have mercy” (giggling fiercely) (indignantly) “what’s the matter”