Read the excerpts below from "two kinds" by amy tan and answer the question that follows. . i was so determined not to try, not to be anybody different that i learned to play only the most ear-splitting preludes, the most discordant hymns. . for the talent show, i was to play a piece called "pleading child" from schumann's scenes from childhood. it was a simple, moody piece that sounded more difficult than it was. i was supposed to memorize the whole thing, playing the repeat parts twice to make the piece sound longer. but i dawdled over it, playing a few bars and then cheating, looking up to see what notes followed. i never really listened to what i was playing. i daydreamed about being somewhere else, about being someone else. what does the narration in the excerpts reveal about jing-mei's character? the song is much too difficult for jing-mei, so she cannot concentrate no matter what she does. she thinks the talent show is a big joke and is not willing to work for it. she is trying her best, but she keeps getting distracted by her own imagination. she believes she cannot succeed even if she tries, so she doesn't bother to try.

Drag the tiles to the correct boxes to complete the pairs. match each paragraph to its corresponding purpose. tiles: instructs describes persuades narrates pairs before you purchase a used car from a dealer or an individual, there are important steps you must take. first, examine the car using an inspection checklist, which you can download and print from many websites. then test-drive the car under a variety of road conditions, making sure that it handles well in many situations. finally, ask for the car’s maintenance report and make sure you understand any repairs made on the car. arrowboth "good morning, sal! " uncle freddie said. " for coming in so early today." uncle freddie danced as he spoke. sal yawned. he did not know how his uncle woke up so cheerfully before dawn every day. uncle freddie placed a tray of cookies in front of sal. "i need you to decorate these," he said. he handed sal several tubes of icing. arrowboth the hole created by the meteorite's impact, known as the barringer meteorite crater, can still be seen today. it is one mile wide and over 550 feet deep—20 football games could be played at the same time on its floor, and more than two million people could watch from its sloping sides. arrowboth you know the feeling: it’s minutes until the school bus comes, but you just rolled out of bed, threw on some clothes, barely brushed your teeth, and now you’re racing out the door to catch the bus. you skip breakfast again. that’s three days this week alone! it’s no wonder, then, that by second period you start to feel awful, with your stomach grumbling and your eyelids drooping. my fellow classmates, listen up! you may be surprised by how a few simple changes in your life can have a huge effect on how you feel morning, noon, and night! arrowboth