Read the excerpt from "Island of Hope, Island of Tears." After a brief courtship, he and Vida Dixon married and sailed to the United States in 1923.

Which statement best describes the text structure of this sentence and explains why it is used?

A cause-and-effect text structure is used to show the relationship between Walter and Vida Hayter.
A sequence text structure is used to describe an order of events in Walter and Vida Hayter's life.
A compare-and-contrast text structure is used to show how Walter Hayter is different from Vida Hayter.
A cause-and-effect text structure is used to explain why Walter and Vida Hayter sailed to the United States.

Which statement best expresses the meaning of these lines from “the courage that my mother had”? that courage like a rock, which she / has no more need of, and i have. a. the speaker equates her mother's courage with a rock. b. the speaker needs the kind of courage her mother showed. c. the speaker realizes her mother no longer needs courage d. the speaker realizes her mother found courage in rocks.

Samuel johnson believed that literature should appeal mainly to the scholar, to him the common man, to teach him the common man, to teach and him the king and the parliament

Read this passage: byron and mitch are co-captains of the mathletes, their high school's academic team. they are backstage with the five other team members, preparing to compete in the state math quiz. byron sits on the floor with his eyes closed and his earbuds in, listening to classical jazz, which him focus his mind and energy. suddenly, he feels a presence beside him. he opens his eyes to see mitch staring at him. "mathletes! mathletes! " mitch chants loudly. mitch gives byron a thumbs-up and then proceeds to strut around like a peacock, high-fiving the other team members, as byron shuts his eyes again and does his best to refocus his mind which statement best summarizes the passage?