Help ;-; Part A
In "There Will Come Soft Rains," what are the parents doing at the time of the tragedy?

A. They are downstairs in the basement.

B. They are outside working in the garden
C. They are sitting together in the nursery

D. They are playing bridge at the card table.

Part B

What passage from the story supports the answer to Part A?

A. Here the silhouette in paint of a man mowing a lawn. Here, as in a photograph, a woman bent to pick flowers.
o B. In the cellar, the incinerator glowed suddenly and a whirl of sparks leaped up the chimney.

C. Bridge tables sprouted from patio walls. Playing cards fluttered onto pads in a shower of pips.

D. A voice spoke from the study ceiling: "Mrs. McClellan, which poem would you like this evening?"

Motif in movies refers a. the opening credits b. shots of the beach c. the comments of movie reviewers d. a recurring pattern of images

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ”go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival. what is one way that douglass achieves his purpose of persuading the reader to see his point of view? by relating as many facts and statistics to the reader as possibleby using familiar and casual language to make the reader feel comfortableby using gentle language to evoke a sense of calm and tranquilityby repeating the word “you” to directly relate to the reader

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.