"Broken Chain"
Alfonso sat on the porch trying to push his crooked teeth to where he thought they belonged. He hated the way he
looked. Last week he did fifty sit-ups a day, thinking that he would burn those already apparent ripples on his stomach to
even deeper ripples, dark ones, so when he went swimming at the canal next summer, girls in cut-offs would notice. And
the guys would think he was tough, someone who could take a punch and give it back.
"Fish Cheeks"
When I found out that my parents had invited the minister's family over for Christmas Eve dinner, I cried. What would
Robert think of our shabby Chinese Christmas? What would he think of our noisy Chinese relatives who lacked proper
American manners? What terrible disappointment would he feel upon seeing not a roasted turkey and sweet potatoes but
Chinese food?
How do both the essay and short story convey the theme that people often care about what others think of them?
O Alfonso doesn't like the way he looks, and Amy is embarrassed by her family's traditions.
O Alfonso wants others to notice him, and Amy is worried about what Robert will think.
Alfonso isn't confident in himself, and Amy constantly questions her family s ways.
Alfonso must worry about what he looks like during the summer, and Amy has to deal with the holidays.

What is the participal phrase,the prepositional and the substitute and descriptive adjective fir "or something." stumbling up the school steps kari fell or something

Ead the passage from "marriage is a private affair” by chinua achebe. "i shall never see her,” was the reply. from that night the father scarcely spoke to his son. he did not, however, cease hoping that he would realize how serious was the danger he was heading for. day and night he put him in his prayers. nnaemeka, for his own part, was very deeply affected by his father’s grief. but he kept hoping that it would pass away. if it had occurred to him that never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue, he might have been less optimistic. "it has never been heard,” was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later. in that short sentence he spoke for all of his people. this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke when news went round about his son’s behaviour. by that time the son had gone back to lagos. "it has never been heard,” said the old man again with a sad shake of his head. "what did our lord say? ” asked another gentleman. "sons shall rise against their fathers; it is there in the holy book.” "it is the beginning of the end,” said another. how does this passage reinforce the traditional social hierarchy? the older men in the village tell okeke that he should respect nnaemeka’s decision. the older men in the village console nnaemeka about okeke’s attitude toward his choices. the older men in the village commiserate with okeke regarding nnaemeka’s decision to disobey him. the older men in the village think that nnaemeka should be optimistic that okeke will accept his decision.

Identify the gerund phrase, the subject of the verb can be. a) eating ice cream on a hot summer day can be a messy experience. b) eating ice cream on a hot summer day can be a messy experience. c) eating ice cream on a hot summer day can be a messy experience. eliminate d) eating ice cream on a hot summer day can be a messy experience.