“por favor,” says the lady. “¿un foto? ” pointing to her camera. “si.” she’s so busy taking junior’s picture, she doesn’t notice me and keeks. “hey, michele, keeks. you guys want gum? ” “but you speak english! ” “yeah,” my brother says, “we’re mericans.” which of the following statements best explains the irony in this excerpt? the woman assumes that the narrator’s brother is native to the region, but he is actually an american. the narrator’s brother does not know how to say the word “americans” even though he is an american citizen. neither the narrator nor her brother actually cares for the gum the woman is passing out to them. the children assume that the woman is a foreigner, but she actually lives in a nearby mexican town.

Read the excerpt from the monsters are due on maple street. as they suddenly start toward the house. in this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob. they begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end. steve stands in front of them. for a moment their fear almost turns their walk into a wild stampede but steve's voice, loud, incisive and commanding, makes them stop. stevewait a minute . . wait a minute! let's not be a mob! the people stop as a group, seem to pause for a moment and then much more quietly and slowly start to walk across the street. which sentence from the excerpt is an example of foreshadowing? a) as they suddenly start toward the house. b) in this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob. c) they begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end. d) the people stop as a group, seem to pause for a moment and then much more quietly and slowly start to walk across the street.