Read the excerpt from "Homesick" by Jean Fritz,
Of course it wasn't the same as one of the forty-eight states; still, when we stepped off the President Taft in
Honolulu (where we were to stay a couple of days before going on to San Francisco), we wondered if we could
truthfully say we were stepping on American soil. I said no.
With these sentences, the narrator is
expressing confusion about the relationship between Honolulu and America,
O providing useful background information about Honolulu and San Francisco
O revealing that she and other passengers may have different points of view about America,
asserting that her opinion about America is correct and should be respected by the other passengers.

Wi n t e r acrostic poem worth 10 points but giving 30

Read the excerpt from infinite jest 'my application's not bought," i am telling them, calling into the darkness of the red cave that opens out before closed eyes. 'tam not just a boy who plays tennis. i have an intricate history. experiences and feelings. i'm complex. "read,' i say. 'i study and read. i bet i've read everything you've read. don't think i haven't. i consume libraries. i wear out spines and rom-drives. i do things like get in a taxi and say, "the library, and step on it." my instincts concerning syntax and mechanics are better than your own, i can tell, with due respect. the theme suggested by the excerpt is about a. being understood b. the value of education c. wisdom versus foolishness d. learning responsibility

Then, from heaven, the voice of the god called to gilgamesh: "hurry, attack, attack humbaba while the time is right, before he enters the depths of the forest, before he can hide there and wrap himself in his seven auras with their paralyzing glare. he is wearing just one now. attack him! now! " –gilgamesh: a new english translation, stephen mitchell identify a feature of epic poetry in the passage. in three to four sentences, explain its impact on the epic's plot.