Read the excerpt from "In with the New." What does the reader learn about Samantha from this flashback? She remembered staring into her closet on the morning of her first day at Central Middle School. "Why don't you wear your green and purple layered T-shirt?" her mom had suggested, seeing that Samantha looked overwhelmed. O Samantha was worried about her first day of school. Samantha tried hard to impress people on her first day of school. Samantha did not care about her first day of school. O Samantha was looking forward to her first day at school. Samantha picked up the shirt and then put it down. "I do like that one," she explained, "but it's a little bright, and I don't want to stand out. Today I only want to blend."

Which word is the comparative form? hyper best less most fruitful

Underline the ic or ic's and place the proper punctuation if needed. the board of trustees admits that it made a mistake because the employees were toolazy nothing happen to the board

Read the excerpts from “take the tortillas out of your poetry” and “speaking arabic.” my friend had concluded that if he took his language and culture out of his poetry, he stood a better chance of receiving a fellowship. he took out his native language, the poetic patois of our reality, the rich mixture of spanish, english, pachuco and street talk which we know so well. in other words, he took the tortillas out of his poetry, which is to say he took the soul out of his poetry. at a neighborhood fair in texas, somewhere between the german oom-pah sausage stand and the mexican gorditas booth, i overheard a young man say to his friend, “i wish i had a heritage. sometimes i feel—so lonely for one.” and the tall american trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head. which best states how the structures of both excerpts support ideas about cultural diversity? each incorporates non-english words. each incorporates academic words. each incorporates offensive words. each incorporates nonsense words.