His pale, white told them he was scared. complexion
ointment
mingle
shrill
perceived
voyage
transparent
famished
potion
wrench

The tension we see between the two young people and okeke in “marriage is a private affair”

Jackson is a very smart little boy he can count to twenty and is only two years old. complete, run on sentence or comma splice

What makes this part of the anecdote about elisa effective? when [elisa] finally walks home, after seven hours of standing at a cash register, her feet hurt. she's wiped out. it makes the reader trust the author as an authority on teenage issues. it uses emotional language to the reader experience elisa's daily challenges. it presents facts to support the long hours elisa is required to work.