"I will not pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands." This must be the statement of thousands of Puerto Ricans living in the island today, wishing that their small island would once and for all become free from the colonization of the United States. Puerto Rico has been living under U. S. domination for the past 92 years and it’s considered the last nation in Latin America that is still living in colonization. Puerto Ricans want to be free and should be allowed to be free; to have the opportunity to vote for the president who sends its young people to war, to have their own currency, to fly one flag in all their schools and finally to feel pride in being an independent nation and not labeled by terms like “territory” and “commonwealth”. Puerto Rico ought to be independent and refuse commonwealth to the United States of America. Choose the best concluding statement for the paragraph. A) Puerto Rico ought to be independent and refuse commonwealth with the United States of America. B) Puerto Rico's independence is ultimately an internal question, entirely the affair of its citizens. C) In spite of some good arguments for independence, Puerto Rico is better off staying a part of the USA. D) There are some excellent arguments for Puerto Rico to go independent, and some good arguments for them to remain a commonwealth as well.

1. explain the technique of loaded language and loaded images and provide an example of where this technique might be used in the media that you consume on a daily basis. 2. when you evaluate media, you can use a number of techniques to you evaluate critically and effectively. discuss one important technique and provide an example of how you may use it with the media you consume.

What interactions did berthine have with other chaacters in the story the prisoners by guy de maupassant?

1. according to mla citation style rules, when citing a book by more than one author, the authors' names should a. be listed alphabetically by first name. b. be listed alphabetically by last name. c. be listed in the order in which they appear on the title page. d. follow the title of the book. 2.which of the following items is not necessary to include in summary notes? a. all the information that is relevant to your topic and purpose b. complete publication information c. the time and date you read the source material d. specific examples 3. which of the following is not an objective of synthesizing sources? a. reviewing key ideas on a topic b. combining opinions and general statements c. exploring different points of view d. understanding the topic in depth 4.when punctuating quotations, commas and are placed inside the quotation marks. a. semicolons b. periods c. colons d. page numbers in parentheses 5. in academic writing, why would you prefer to rely on information from scholarly journals rather than magazines? a. authors in scholarly journals are generally specialists in their field. b. magazines use every-day experiences and discuss popular topics. c. scholarly journals never include visuals. d. scholarly journals are more difficult to find, and therefore more valuable. 6.when punctuating direct quotations, use a after the verb that introduces the quotation. a. comma b. dash c. colon d. seimicolon