Read the passage.
first, i peel and cut up the fruit. i usually like to use apples, bananas, and strawberries, but sometimes i use
grapes and mango. then i put the fruit into a large bowl and add a little lemon juice. this keeps the fruit from
turning brown. i also add a little bit of honey to make the salad sweet. lastly, i mix everything together and put it
in the refrigerator for about an hour. then the fruit salad is ready to eat!
what do you notice about the structure and organization of the paragraph?
there are many misspelled words.
there is no topic sentence.
the topic sentence does not state the paragraph's main idea.
the supporting details are not in a logical

the anwser is went creeping down the river again, across the wide lonely marshes to the sea.

i longed to go with them out into the world to seek my fortune in foreign lands—africa, india, china and peru!

and, dreaming of the lands i had never seen, i'd sit on there, watching till they were out of sight.

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themes and meanings

(comprehensive guide to drama)

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”