1.what roles do the adults or older figures play in the lives of the various narrators? select a figure from each of the four memoirs and write one sentence answering the question for each memoir.

2.all of these memoirs are told from the first-person point of view. why is it important that they are told in the first person? how would they be different if they were told from a different point of view?

3.select one of the memoirs from this unit and explain its theme. give at least one example from the story that illustrates the theme.

Read the following excerpt from "harrison bergeron" by kurt vonnegut: he tried to think a little about the ballerinas. they weren't really very good-no better than anybody else would have been, anyway. they were burdened with sashweights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in. george was toying with the vague notion that maybe dancers shouldn't be handicapped. but he didn't get very far with it before another noise in his ear radio scattered his thoughts. what message about the role of media is best supported in this excerpt? a. media are the reason george is able to watch ballet. b. media change people's values, making them more selfish. c. media tend to make audiences' worldviews the same. d. media can be used to distract audiences from the truth.

Is a group of words that work together to express an idea and can function as a noun, adjective, verb, or adverb

We thus see that the greeks of the early ages knew little of any real people except those to the east and south of their own country, or near the coast of the mediterranean. based on this passage, what conclusion can be drawn about the importance of myths to the ancient greeks? myths enabled the greeks to make sense of a world they knew little of. myths enabled the greeks to happily stay home and avoid travel. myths gave the greeks something to write about since they didn't travel. myths the greeks to better worship their gods and goddesses.