Which statement best explains how the girl on the sidewalk in brooklyn influences the narrator in "something could happen to you"? a she makes the narrator aware that her identity takes on new meanings in brooklyn. b she the narrator adjust to her new surroundings by inviting her to jump rope. c she isolates the narrator by acknowledging cultural differences between the two of them. d she alerts the narrator to a variety of dangers that immigrants face in the united states.

The correct answer is A) she makes the narrator aware that her identity takes on new meanings n Brooklin.

The statement that best explains how the girl on the sidewalk in Brooklyn influences the narrator in "Something Could Happen to You" is "she makes the narrator aware that her identity takes on new meanings n Brooklin."

This can be shown when the author writes that "Used to the sensual curves of rural Puerto Rico, my eyes had to adjust to the regular, aggressive two-dimensionality of Brooklyn. Raindrops pounded the hard streets, captured the dim silver glow of street lamps, bounced against sidewalks in glistening sparks, then disappeared, like tiny ephemeral jewels, into the darkness. Mami and Tata teased that I was disillusioned because the streets were not paved with gold. But I had no such vision of New York. I was disappointed by the darkness and fixed my hopes on the promise of light deep within the sparkling raindrops." (Esmeralda Santiago's excerpt).

"Something Could Happen to You" is a story written by Puerto Rican author Esmeralda Santiago, included in her 1998 book "Almost a Woman." It is an autobiographical book of the hardships that Santiago and her family lived when they moved to Brooklin, New York.

c) in the address bar

explanation:

this is the only place where url's may be found or entered in to successfully get to a web page.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.