HURRY!! A hush fell over the crowd as Samir approached the stage; he took a deep breath and tried to still the tremble in his hands.

He had rehearsed the speech for days, practicing late into the night when the house was quiet. The night before, he had been putting the finishing touches on the speech when his mother snuck up the stairs and stopped by his bedroom door with a mug of tea.

“It looks like you will need this. How’s it coming?” She tucked the long end of her sari under her leg and sat on his bed.

The familiar smell that reminded him of trips to India tickled his nose as he took the warm mug from her; he pressed it to his lips and took a long sip. “I don’t think they’re going to understand it.”

“It’s okay if they don’t understand it in their brains; it’s more important that they feel it here.” She pressed her hand to his heart.

“My friends don’t know what you went through to get here, and I want to get it just right because I need them to like the story.”

“Your friends will like you no matter what. Practice it one more time, and then you need to get some sleep.”

He stared at the words that he had painstakingly crafted to tell the story of how his parents had immigrated to the United States from India. Even though he hadn’t been born at the time, he could feel the heat on their skin as they’d packed up their belongings in Mumbai and boarded the plane for their new lives. After a twenty20-hour flight, they landed in the chill of Chicago; they hadn’t brought enough heavy clothes with them and had to buy sweatshirts from the airport store before stepping out into snow for the first time. His mother had danced around in the swirling white like a fascinated child, tasting flakes on her tongue before the cab whisked them away to their new lives.

He didn’t know how his parents got by in those early days of loneliness and isolation, when they didn’t know their neighbors and couldn’t find their favorite spices or flavors in the local grocery store. He imagined his homesick mother making pungent curry in the tiny kitchen of the apartment that was their first home—curry that she didn’t share with anyone except her husband because he was the only person she knew.

Eventually they had made a life there, and one year after they’d brought Samir home as a newborn, his younger sister Aarti was born, and they became a family of four. Each year that his parents lived in Chicago, they spoke about Mumbai like it was more of a memory. Samir grew up hearing stories of Mumbai and taking summer trips where he heard his parents speak a language that was clumsy on his own English-speaking tongue. He couldn’t imagine leaving his life and moving herefar away, but he knew that his parents had done it for him and his sister. “It was the ultimate sacrifice,” his mother had said, “but it was worth it.”

When he had finished rehearsing his speech for his mother, she dabbed her face, and he knew she was crying. He didn’t need to ask how the speech was—her expression told him that it was perfect.

Samir’s thoughts came back to the present moment as he cleared his throat and stepped onto the stage in front of the entire middle school—his friends and teachers were all here. He had often felt different from his peers and wanted so much for them to understand his story. But looking out into the crowd at all the different faces he realized that his peers must have their own stories to tell as well. Perhaps they wanted to be understood, too. He realized the only way to be understood is to share those stories. Perhaps if he shared his own story, others would share theirs, too. Perhaps it would help them to understand one another. He found his mom’s eyes in the middle of the front row. When she nodded, he began.

“I’m going to tell the story of how my parents became American citizens.”
Which passage is the best summary of "The Speech"?

Answer:

The best passage would be the last one.

Explanation:

Do you think Jacob Shafter will welcome McMurdo
in his house as a lodger?
Please help me I this question I will mark you as brainlist

Read the sentence. Hey, remember that time we found the baby turtles at the lake? What is the function of the word Hey in the sentence? preposition conjunction adverb interjection

Which pest does Dr. King mention, metaphorically, as being necessary in spurring societies towards reflection and change?

a
mosquitos
b
horseflies
c
wasps
d
gadflies

Direct quotations from the text, also known as ___________ evidence, can help you to make an inference.
A) Explicit
B) Implicit
C) Ambiguous
D) Concrete

Select the poem that follows the pattern of using only five lines.

cinquain
couplet
pen picture
shaped poem

Based on the facts presented in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone: I've Got It! I've Got It! (part one), what is the most logical prediction that can be made about the progress made to decipher the hieroglyphs on the Rosetta Stone?

2) They are building a new stadium
3) The wolf ate the princess.
4) At six o'clock someone was telling
5) Somebody has drunk all the milk!

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Read the following sentence from the speech.

Rooted in our tradition, some of us felt that to be abandoned by our humanity then was not the worst thing.

Which of the following answer choices BEST represents the meaning of the phrase "rooted in" as used above?
A: growing with
B: connected to
C: supported by
D: stumbling over

In which section of the five paragraph essay would you find a thesis statement?

introduction
body paragraph 1
body paragraph 2
conclusion

100 POINTS TO FIRST ANSWER THAT IS CORRECT AND BRAINLIEST

“Comrades!” cried Squealer, making little nervous skips, “a most terrible thing has been discovered. Snowball has sold himself to Frederick of Pinchfield Farm, who is even now plotting to attack us and take our farm away from us! Snowball is to act as his guide when the attack begins. But there is worse than that. We had thought that Snowball’s rebellion was caused simply by his vanity and ambition. But we were wrong, comrades. Do you know what the real reason was? Snowball was in league with Jones from the very start! He was Jones’s secret agent all the time. It has all been proved by documents which he left behind him and which we have only just discovered. . . .”

. . . But it was some minutes before [the animals] could fully take it in. They all remembered, or thought they remembered, how they had seen Snowball charging ahead of them at the Battle of the Cowshed, how he had rallied and encouraged them at every turn, and how he had not paused for an instant even when the pellets from Jones’s gun had wounded his back. . . . Even Boxer, who seldom asked questions, was puzzled. . . .

“I do not believe that,” he said. “Snowball fought bravely at the Battle of the Cowshed. I saw him myself. Did we not give him ‘Animal Hero, First Class,’ immediately afterwards?”

–Animal Farm,
George Orwell

Which statement best describes how Boxer’s response supports the author’s purpose?

Boxer’s defiance shows how the working class often fights back against authority.
Boxer’s agreement shows that the working class will always respect authority figures.
Boxer’s actions show that the working class may question authority in spite of propaganda.
Boxer’s acceptance shows that propaganda is effective in manipulating the working class.

Change
the
following
sentences
into
active
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1.
Their
homework
has
to
be
completed
.
The
mystery
will
have
been
solved
.
He
is
expected
to
write
to
her
.
His
son
was
swept
away
by
the
flood
.
11.
He
was
not
awarded
by
them
.
17.
Does
he
have
to
be
called
by
her
?
19.
It
is
believed
that
he
is
a
thief
.
21.
The
hat
was
blown
off
by
the
sharp
wind
.
23.
The
wild
animals
must
be
preserved
.
13.
He
hates
being
scolded
by
his
Her father has to be respected.
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7.
9.
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parents.
15. What was the chair destroyed by?
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8.
10.
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25.
He was made to dance by Rita.
27. Hari was being helped by Rekha.​

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what is the difference between the topic and theme of a text​

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In order to save money, your principal is thinking about canceling
all field trips for the remainder of the year. Write an essay
persuading him or her to allow students to continue attending field
trips. Use specific reasons and examples to support your response.
Must be 4-5 paragraphs

Which of Animal Farm's themes is illustrated in this excerpt?

How does Achebe employ allusion?

Achebe frequently alludes to past events, rather than referring to them directly.
Achebe was drawing on a number of prior novels written in English by native Africans.
Achebe includes the missionaries and the presence of colonialism to have a major impact on the setting.
Achebe alludes to future events.

Can someone give me an idea about a poem:"We only live twice"​

look at the picture and write a short paragraph (5 sentences) to describe it. remember to use adjectives in sentences!

Educated people are harder to control than uneducated people.
True or false?
Use complete sentences, and have at least three sentences explaining your answer.

Why do you think the writer, Rod Serling, made the events occur on Maple Street, U.S.A.?

PLS HELP! !!!!!!!What roles should individuality vs conformity play in Society

Anything you like to write to your fav teacher?

What is the best way to support findings when analyzing two historical documents?

A add quotations

B add summaries

C add pictures

D add the title of the works

Sounds made not by the person speaking are always:
a) On the different line
b) On the same line

Which of the following is the most likely reason the author included the story of Sally Ann in the introduction?

To show that women were treated unfairly.
To show that a woman was capable of doing a man’s job.
To show that Daniel Anthony was unjust.
To show that Susan noticed inequality at an early age. No fake answers please.

through the story of the ancient Lydians, McGonigal is

How is Scrooge developed in the Christmas Carol

he has taught me yes no question
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Which statement about memory is NOT true?
How long you practice improving your memory is more important than how
you practice.
2)
Most researchers believe that people have more mental ability than they
actively use.
3) For all practical purposes, the storage capacity of your memory is unlimited,
4) The memory ability you are born with is different from that of others.