What is one of the major skill sets reinforced in the Common Core State Standards initiative?

Le of stalingrad. spanish classuniverse project-19read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock."and indeed there will be timeto wonder, "do i dare? " and, "do i dare? time to turn back and descend the stair, with a bald spot in the middle of my hair -(they will say: "how his hair is growing thin! ")my morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, my necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin(they will say: "but how his arms and legs are thin! ")do i daredisturb the universe? in a minute there is timefor decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse, which words best indicate that prufrock feels uncertain? disturb, universe, minuteturn back, revisions, reverse

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Me read the letter. dear aunt mary, you for the wonderful painting. you are so talented! i was thrilled that you chose to paint horses. you must have remembered that i was crazy about horses when i was a little kid—and i still love them. i have hung the painting in my room so that i can see it every morning when i wake up. your loving niece, celia what makes this letter appropriate for its intended audience? it is written from the third-person point of view. it is concise and impersonal. its sentence structure is varied. its language is informal.