According to the article, more shows featuring minority groups could provide potential benefits for networks
(B)
Which paragraph from the last six paragraphs of the article BEST supports the statement above?
(A) The advocacy groups cite ABC - the American Broadcasting Company - as a leader in promoting
diversity on the air. They say several of the network's shows, including "Commander-in-Chief," which is
about a woman U. S. president, have Asian-American writers, producers and directors.
ABC is also the only network with two Hispanic-themed programs, "The George Lopez Show and
*Freddie." But the groups say all of the networks have a long way to go in portraying a diverse America.
"Fictional representations is what we get now of our cultural past," he said. "They have little regard to
true accuracy of our culture. They'll put together something based on their image, their idea, their
concept. It's not necessarily the image of the tribes that exist in the United States.
Alex Nogales says Latinos alone make up 14 percent of the U. S. population and have purchasing power
of $700 billion a year. He says their underrepresentation in network television is shortsighted, and that
the networks would be wise to target this market segment in their programs and their advertising.

What effect does the narrative's point of view have on the reader's experience of the events? the reader is shown both the views of women's suffrage supporters and of its opponents. the reader receives a broad historical overview of the women's suffrage movement from an objective source. the reader learns about the women's suffrage movement from the standpoint of someone who is close to it but has not worked in it. the reader is allowed to share directly in the feelings of a leader of the women's suffrage movement.

Select the correct answer. read this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich: her attitude towards him and his diseases is still the same. just as the doctor had adopted a certain relation to his patient which he could not abandon, so had she formed one towards him—that he was not doing something he ought to do and was himself to blame, and that she reproached him lovingly for this—and she could not now change that attitude. "you see he doesn't listen to me and doesn't take his medicine at the proper time. and above all he lies in a position that is no doubt bad for him—with his legs up." she described how he made gerasim hold his legs up. the doctor smiled with a contemptuous affability that said: "what's to be done? these sick people do have foolish fancies of that kind, but we must forgive them. . " they all rose, said good-night, and went away. when they had gone it seemed to ivan ilyich that he felt better; the falsity had gone with them. but the pain remained—that same pain and that same fear that made everything monotonously alike, nothing harder and nothing easier. everything was worse. again minute followed minute and hour followed hour. everything remained the same and there was no cessation. and the inevitable end of it all became more and more terrible. based on the excerpt, how is praskovya fedorovna a character foil to ivan ilyich? a. she is kind and takes care of ivan, which is why he feels guilty about how he treated her for most of their married life. b. she is vindictive toward ivan while pretending to be worried about him, thus reminding him of how his family has never forgiven him. c. she plays the part of the worried wife without any real feeling, symbolizing the false propriety ivan upheld but now hates. d. she is young, healthy, and beautiful—everything ivan can never be again and wishes he could return to. reset next

When doing a close reading, what is involved in the process of annotating a text?