Read the excerpt below from A tree grows in Brooklyn and answer the question that follows most children brought up in Brooklyn before the first world war remember Thanksgiving day there was a particular tenderness it was the day children went around Gaga muffin and slamming Gates wearing costumes topped off by a penny mask.

based on the excerpt what is the author's purpose in writing?

A. to inform
B. to persuade
C. to publish
D. to analyze

In “a worth path” by eudora welty, how does phoenix distract the hunter ? a. she gets him to start dancing with her. b. she asks to see his gun. c. she gets him to focus on the dogs. d. she throws the nickel into the forest.

Based on the quote and using insights from the speech, discuss in at least 200 words what you can do for your country

Multiple ! in this excerpt from act i, scene vi, of macbeth, duncan praises the atmosphere in the castle and the hospitality of his hostess. identify two reasons that these comments are ironic. duncan: this castle hath a pleasant seat: the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle sense. . . (enter lady macbeth.) duncan: see, see, our honour'd hostess! — the love that follows us sometime is our trouble, which still we as love. herein i teach you how you shall bid god ild us for your pains, and us for your trouble. he will meet his death in the castle, which he considers a pleasant place. his praise for inverness and his hostess, lady macbeth, is deceptive. duncan secretly plans to give macbeth's title to donalbain. the hostess he praises is actually plotting his murder.