essay on mother's tears​

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Explanation:

The place was quiet...as quiet as it was cold. There were no fancy lights adorning the shabby little cabin, but newspapers and used cardboards sealed the cracks and holes that plagued its wooden walls. There was no laughter of merry family members sitting around a  sumptuous meal celebrating the season. But in the dark and tiny kitchen stood an empty, scratch infested table that hadn't had the company of its masters since the summer  that had just passed. Just beside the kitchen, in a room barely lit by a single light bulb that hung loosely from the ceiling, were two people quietly sitting on a bed. One could tell by their weary and dismal demeanour that the wintry evening wasn't the miscreant behind the murder of their joy and ardour.

"Come on now, you have to finish it all up," Prisca gently urged her son as she held a spoon in front of his lips with one hand, and with the other, a bowl of soup. Her hands were old and trembling, and the scars on her sagging rough skin, if they could, would tell tales of a life of sweat and toil.

Prisca Ralte had always been hard-working. However, after the death of her husband, whatever she had been doing before to make life a little easier, to put a little more food on the table, wasn't quite enough anymore. It became a struggle each day to feed her son and herself. She carried bricks and rendered cement; she cleaned houses and looked after children; she sold vegetables and flowers from the garden she grew behind their cabin, and found no time to mourn. Harsh times persisted and lingered, and a year after her husband's death, she could no longer keep her son in school.

The young boy of twelve started selling newspapers in the town, and occasionally, he would also sell a few v...

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...s were awkwardly raised. Her mouth was slightly opened, and her eyes were dismal and confused. Perhaps she should go back inside and wait for him to come. She knew that her son had left her... but she hadn't touched him, nor had she cradled his face. Perhaps she should go inside, and it would turn out to be a bad dream...or maybe she could fool herself a little longer into believing her son was still with her. But she kept on walking...walking, until she stood beside her son. She dropped down on the ground and felt his cold, lifeless body. She held him in her arms and caressed and cradled his face.

Which of these is a characteristic of Modernist writing?

What are the elements in a typical one-act play??

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence.
We rode our ten-speed bicycles to the lake.

Essay
How do you decide what birthday present to buy for someone?

Which point from the speech most validly supports Warren's
argument that wage discrimination against women currently
exists?
"Women are ready to fight back against pay
discrimination, but it's not easy."
"We are not going to give up on passing the
O Paycheck Fairness Act to level the playing field for
hardworking women in the workplace."
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"Even while women still earn less than men in 99.6
percent of occupations, Senate Republicans won't
even let the Senate vote on a bill to help make the
workplace a little fairer for women."
"I honestly can't believe that we're still arguing over
equal pay in 2014."

Letter to a Citizen of Kentucky, an excerpt

Executive Mansion, Washington,
April 4, 1864.
A. G. Hodges, Esq., Frankfort, Ky.

My Dear Sir:
You ask me to put in writing the substance of what I verbally stated the other day, in your presence, to Governor Bramlette and Senator Dixon. It was about as follows:
I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong nothing is wrong. I cannot remember when I did not so think and feel; and yet I have never understood that the Presidency conferred upon me an unrestricted right to act officially in this judgment and feeling. It was in the oath I took that I would to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. I could not take the office without taking the oath. Nor was it in my view that I might take the oath to get power, and break the oath in using the power.
I understood, too, that in ordinary civil administration this oath even forbade me to practically indulge my primary abstract judgment on the moral question of slavery. I had publicly declared this many times and in many ways; and I aver that, to this day I have done no official act in mere deference to my abstract judgment and feeling on slavery. I did understand, however, that my oath to preserve the Constitution to the best of my ability imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government, that nation, of which that Constitution was the organic law. Was it possible to lose the nation, and yet preserve the Constitution?
By general law, life and limb must be protected; yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life, but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful by becoming indispensable to the preservation of the Constitution through the preservation of the nation. Right or wrong, I assumed this ground, and now avow it. I could not feel that to the best of my ability I had even tried to preserve the Constitution, if, to save slavery, or any minor matter, I should permit the wreck of government, country, and Constitution altogether.
When, early in the war, General Fremont attempted military emancipation, I forbade it, because I did not then think it an indispensable necessity. When, a little later, General Cameron, then Secretary of War, suggested the arming of the blacks, I objected, because I did not yet think it an indispensable necessity. When, still later, General Hunter attempted military emancipation, I forbade it, because I did not yet think the indispensable necessity had come. When, in March and May and July, 1862, I made earnest and successive appeals to the Border States to favor compensated emancipation, I believed the indispensable necessity for military emancipation and arming the blacks would come, unless averted by that measure. They declined the proposition; and I was, in my best judgment, driven to the alternative of either surrendering the Union, and with it the Constitution, or of laying strong hand upon the colored element. I chose the latter. In choosing it, I hoped for greater gain than loss; but of this I was not entirely confident...

Yours truly,

A. Lincoln

Use context to determine the meaning of the words in bold. (4 points)

Which type of nonfiction writing is
described below?
Point of View: 3rd
Subject: The themes of a literary work
Author's Purpose: Inform
Tone: Formal
A. narrative essay
B. expository essay
C. memoir

People........ (meet) and ....... (share) their Joys and sorrows over several cups of tea.

Which sentence is incorrect?
a. There are many stores
b. It has many stores.
c.There have many stores.
d. It has a lot of stores.

What is the best way to correct the underlined portion of following
sentence?
On the strength of these achievements, Ochoa was selected for a
NASA space mission in 1990. She became the first Hispanic female
astronaut and the first in space in 1993. Ochoa's career at NASA has
been every bit as illustrious as one would expect, in 2013, she
became the first person of Hispanic descent and the second woman
to become director of NASA's Johnson Space Center.

Write an email
Hi Lorrene,
I hope you are doing well. Lorrene, I need your suggestion to help me buying a new gadget as a present for my brother. What do you think is the best to buy and why? You also need to tell me the price of the gadget. And lastly, where can I buy it?

Write your reply to Lorrene.​

he will have thought about this. change into present perfect tense
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Elaborate on the central idea of social classes that Countee Cullen depicts in his poem For a Lady I Know. Provide textual evidence for your answer

During the assessment of speech fluency, SLPs sometimes measure the time of the longest block. This measurement is commonly referred to as

Which is something only direct characterization describes?

what a character does
what a character says
what a character looks like
what a character thinks about

The sun shines hot in summer , in question tag​

Read the excerpt from Act I, Scene i of Romeo and
Juliet.
According to Benvolio, who caused the fight?
be
O the servants of both houses
O the Capulet servants and Tybalt
O the Montagues and Benvolio
O the people of Verona
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Benvolio: Here were the servants of your
adversary
And yours close fighting ere I did approach:
I drew to part them; in the instant came
The fiery Tybalt, with his sword prepar'd,
Which, as he breath'd defiance to my ears,
He swung about his head, and cut the winds,
Who, nothing hurt withal hiss'd him in scorn.
Save and Exit

Read the excerpt from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

I had gotten as far west as the Dakotas when my silent recitation was disturbed by a tapping on the porch. I lay very still. Mr. Morrison never made sounds like that.

Which detail from the excerpt best helps the reader determine a tone of alarm?

In "Better Wait Till Martin Comes," when the cats repeatedly pick up red hot coals,
it proves that the cats are ordinary and will not harm John.
it distracts the reader from worrying about Martin’s arrival.
it builds suspense by showing that the cats are fearless.
it calms the reader by repeating a familiar action.

Choose one of the following prompts for your narrative:

Write a personal narrative, or memoir, about a time when you had a problem communicating with someone. Think about what caused the problem and how it was resolved. Consider events and actions that caused the problem and what you learned from the event.

change the underlined verbs into past. l eat fruits , My teacher teaches well, The boys write nicely.​

How do you refer to furries as a whole? I'm writing a story and I'm stumped. Here's what it is: There weren't any other ________ around. What do I put?

There weren't any other (furries) around. There weren't any other (people) around.

It is likewise most lamentable to think, how in taking Negros out of Africa, and selling of them here, That which GOD has joined together men do boldly rend asunder [Matt. 19:6]; Men from their Country, Husbands from their Wives, Parents from their Children. How horrible is the Uncleanness, Mortality, if not Murder, that the Ships are guilty of that bring great Crouds of these miserable Men, and Women. Methinks, when we are bemoaning the barbarous Usage of our Friends and kinsfolk in Africa: it might not be unseasonable to enquire whether we are not culpable in forcing the Africans to become Slaves amongst our selves. And it may be a question whether all the Benefit received by Negro Slaves, will balance the . . . cash laid out upon them; and for the Redemption of our own enslaved Friends out of Africa. Besides all the Persons and Estates that have perished there.

How does Sewall appeal to Christians in this excerpt? Briefly explain your answer. (100 words)

which of the following describes a universal theme?

plz plz help i need summary of this text
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who wrote the poem leisure​

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. If you want to try something more _____, go trekking (adventure)
2. Some parents give their children too much ________ (free)
3. Is this bottle ________ ? (recycle)
4. More ________ measures should be taken to protect the environment. (effect)
5. The restaurant provides some nice _______ dishes. (tradition)​

100 points and Brainliest:
Read the quote and answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1. What feelings are produced by the image of the grass in lines 1-3?
2. Does the imagery of the horse (lines 4-6) inspire sympathy? Explain your answer with direct references to specific images.

Pls help me
Freedom

BY LANGSTON HUGHES


Freedom will not come

Today, this year

Nor ever

Through compromise and fear.

I have as much right

As the other fellow has

To stand

On my two feet

And own the land.

I tire so of hearing people say,

Let things take their course.

Tomorrow is another day.

I do not need my freedom when I’m dead.

I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.

Freedom

Is a strong seed

Planted

In a great need.

I live here, too.

I want my freedom

Just as you.


questions: ↓


1. Describe the speaker of the poem? Is the speaker involved in the action or outside of the action?





2. Does the poem represent the speaker’s feelings at a particular moment in time or does it seem the speaker has had a chance to reflect on the significance of events?





3. Identify and briefly explain the tension/conflict in the poem.





4. How is the poem organized? Where do the shifts come?





5. What is the most important line or sentence in the poem? Why?





6. Do you notice any poetic devices used in the poem? In what lines do they appear? (Metaphor, simile, apostrophe, personification, etc.)

Fill in the blanks a suitable question word.
(A) Why (B) What (C) How (D) Where
1. ________are you thinking about?
2. ________ is the nearest telephone?
3. ________ are you doing now?
4. ________don't you wear this sweater?
5. ________do they get to school?
6. ________does your father go on Mondays?
7. ________didn't you come to school yesterday?
8. ________is she wearing?
9. ________do you think of Mike?
10. ________often does he go running?
11. ________time do you get back?
12.________ don't we go shopping this afternoon?
13.________ much are these trousers?
14.________ tall is he?
15.________ does your granny live?
16._ _______ many people live there?
17.________ are they from?
18.________ far is your school from our house?
19.________ don't we have a game together some time?
20.________ exams have you passed?