Refer to your Expeditions in Reading book for a complete version of this text. Which action from “Maria Gonzales, Modern Hero” best shows that Maria cares about the welfare of others?

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Action

1. She convinces a thief to climb to safety rather than risk drowning.
2. She makes friends easily and sings in a youth choir.
3. Maria imagines as herself as her favorite characters from mythology.

The novel begins with a flashback. what do you think is its purpose? what do you learn about the narrator?

On her zoo blog, bindi describes the experience of walking the red carpet with her mum that evening, and the unmatched joy of what happened soon after. “all the categories came up, but then mine did! they said all these top actresses' names then my name! the guy said 'and the winner is . . ’ . . my heart stopped . . ‘bindi irwin! ’ i could not believe it, i won! i was amazed, in tears, i could hardly talk! i’ll never forget that great trip! ” what does the hyperbole in the excerpt the reader understand about bindi? she had a medical problem. she was extremely frightened. she became very excited. she won an important award.

Which of these sentences uses parallel structure