Read the excerpt from cristina garcia’s dreaming in cuban.

lourdes considers herself lucky. immigration has redefined her, and she is grateful. unlike her husband, she welcomes her adopted language, its possibilities for reinvention. lourdes relishes winter most of all—the cold scraping sounds on sidewalks and windshields, the ritual of scarves and gloves, hats and zip-in coat linings. its layers protect her. she wants no part of cuba, no part of its wretched carnival floats creaking with lies, no part of cuba at all, which lourdes claims never possessed her.

which sentence is an example of magic realism?
unlike her husband, she welcomes her adopted language, its possibilities for reinvention.
lourdes relishes winter most of all—the cold scraping sounds on sidewalks and windshields, the ritual of scarves and gloves, hats and zip-in coat linings.
its layers protect her.
she wants no part of cuba, no part of its wretched carnival floats creaking with lies, no part of cuba at all, which lourdes claims never possessed her.

Which component is necessary to create an effective and debatable thesis statement

Read the following excerpt from the play a raisin in the sun by lorraine hansberry: johnson (this usa woman who decided long ago to be enthusiastic about everything in life and she is inclined to wave her wrist vigorously at the heigh of her exclamatory comments.): hello there, yourself! h’you this evening, ruth? which assumption about johnson is most likely true based on the stage direction? a. her enthusiasm is used to mask her fear of public places

Plz im failing ela prompt: in a well-developed paragraph using the r. a.c. e. method, explain the allusion found in the advertisement. be sure to include an explanation of the character and how the allusion is used to sell the product. advertisement: excerpt from the christmas carol: use this information to deepen your understanding of the character. oh! but he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. the cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. a frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin. he carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dog-days; and didn’t thaw it one degree at christmas. race: use this organizational method to guide your writing- r – restate the prompt a – answer the prompt/questions c – cite evidence e – explain the evidence write your response here: