Read the passage from "names/nombres" by julia alvarez. “so where are you from, judy? ” “new york,” i told my classmates. after all, i had been born blocks away at columbia presbyterian hospital. “i mean, originally.” “from the caribbean,” i answered vaguely, for if i specified, no one was quite sure what continent our island was located. “really? i’ve been to bermuda. we went last april for spring vacation. i got the worst sunburn! so, are you from portoriko? ” “no,” i shook my head. “from the dominican republic.” “where’s that? ” “south of bermuda.” they were just being curious, i knew, but i burned with shame whenever they singled me out as a “foreigner,” a rare, exotic friend. what evidence from the passage best supports the inference that the teenaged alvarez just wants to fit into american culture? “new york,” i told my classmates. after all, i had been born blocks away at columbia presbyterian hospital. “from the caribbean,” i answered vaguely, for if i specified, no one was quite sure what continent our island was located. “no,” i shook my head. “from the dominican republic.” they were just being curious, i knew, but i burned with shame whenever they singled me out as a “foreigner,” a rare, exotic friend.

 D  “No,” I shook my head. “From the Dominican Republic.”

They were just being curious, I knew, but I burned with shame whenever they singled me out as a “foreigner,” a rare, exotic friend.

Explanation:

idk

explanation:

im dum j.e

i’m writing a memoir and i’ve been given the great suggestion of placing a ‘sub-narrative’ within some of the chapters – sort of, what was going on with me in the grand scheme of things.

i was wondering how to format this so that it is very obvious we are stepping out the of story.

firstly is a change in font from serif to sans workable? i also use dashes for a scene change. was thinking of using a different scene-changer too.

here’s a (shortened) example:

university – or what’s known as ‘uni’ in australia – were some of the best days of my life. where else do you get to potter around in a great location, have very little responsibility, learn lots of things, do lots of things and walk out four years later with a bonus – a degree!

with my university years i had immersed myself into community of intelligent ambitious people. generally everyone had a confidence about themselves. they knew where they were going in life and weren’t threatened by others.

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too much?