Read the paragraph Elianna did not let this or any other disappointment discourage her, and, as graduation approached, she upped her game with her parents.

What does the phrase "upped her game" suggest about Elianna?

A. She practiced what she would say to her parents until she had it memorized.

B. She looked at her life as one big game and thought of her parents as players in the game.

C. She looked to her parents for the encouragement she needed to start a new chapter in her life.

D. She needed to do more than drop subtle hints to get her parents to realize she wanted to travel.

Find the center and the radius of the circle with the equation: x^-2x+y^2+4y+1=0

What is the metaphor used for captain beatty? what is he being compared to?

Read the excerpt from “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” i do not believe we should have to leave out the crucial elements of our language and culture to contribute to american literature, but, unfortunately, this is a conclusion i am forced to reach. i have been writing for a quarter century, and have been a published author for eighteen years. as a writer, i was part of the chicano movement which created a new literature in this country. which type of rhetoric is used most in the excerpt to convince readers that anaya’s conclusion is accurate? an appeal based on emotion an appeal based on logic an appeal based on the author’s character an appeal based on the author’s feelings