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Finley is reading a nonfiction text about the modern-day impacts of the electoral college. Which current event is
most likely relevant to the text and best for a connection?
a lecture about the origins of the democratic process in ancient Greece
a local town hall meeting where newly elected officials will be sworn into office
a debate about the number of votes needed to win the upcoming presidential election
ca protest at city hall where people are trying to convince officials to expand mail-in voting

Why is emerson’s essay “self-reliance” a great example of transcendentalism?

What was the effect of voice, tone, and imagery in “diary 33” and “diary 24” from the freedom writers diary by erin gruwell and the freedom writers? use examples from the text to support your response.

Read the excerpt from act iv, scene iv of romeo and juliet. capulet: good faith! ’tis day: the county will be here with music straight, for so he said he would. [music within.] i hear him near. nurse! wife! what, no! what, nurse, i say! 30 re-enter nurse. go waken juliet, go and trim her up; i’ll go and chat with paris. hie, make haste, make haste; the bridegroom he is come already: make haste, i say. [exeunt.] 35 this scene is an example of dramatic irony used to create suspense since the audience knows that the musicians will not arrive on time. capulet approves of the match to paris. romeo is already married to juliet. the nurse will be unable to rouse juliet.