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Read the excerpt from Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah.

Now the next thing, and it's really very simple, is that while I'm not going to abandon my fashion sense-you'd better believe i'd never give up my shopping sprees-'m sick of obsessing about my body what guys are going to think about my cleavage and calves and shoulder-to-hip ratio And for the love of everything that is good and holy I am really sick of worrying what people are going to think if I put on a few pounds or have a pimple I mean homeroom on Monday morning can be such a stress attack

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Which statement best explains how the narrative tone reveals a unique perspective

The narrator's frustration helps readers understand what it is like to be a teenager O The narrator's humor helps readers understand that she does not take her religion seriously The narrator's annoyance heips readers understand why she does not want to wear a hijab The narrator's wit helps readers understand that she does not have teenage angst

B

Explanation: The narrator’s harsh internal dialogue helps the reader understand her struggles.

overnment is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.

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