. PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A? A. "The House of Representatives debated H. R. 7152 for nine days" (Paragraph 8) B. "The real battle was waiting in the Senate, however, where concerns focused on the bill’s expansion of federal powers" (Paragraph 9) C. "[I]ts potential to anger constituents who might retaliate in the voting booth." (Paragraph 9) D. "Opponents launched the longest filibuster in American history, which lasted 57 days and brought the Senate to a virtual standstill." (Paragraph 9)

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.

Select the abbreviation that tells how the italicized noun clause is used. s-subject, do-direct object, pn-predicate noun, op-object of preposition the first thing to consider was how to find a paying job. s op pn do

“to build a fire” what wild idea does the man conjure up as a last resort?