Read the passage. A Softball Game or Washington, D. C.? Eighteen-year old Jaime King was an All American gymnastics athlete at a Division 1 university in Maryland. Training for the national champlonships was about to begin, but first, Jaime had one free weekend. She planned to go to Washington, D. C. with three of the girls on the team. Jaime found it difficult to juggle her busy schedule, and this was going to be a welcome break from the stress of schoolwork and the demands of her rigorous athletic training, Jaime was packing her suitcase on Thursday night in her dorm room when her phone rang. Her eleven-year-old cousin, Ava, was on the other end. Ava lived just a few miles away from Jaime's school, and Jaime knew that Ava idolized her. Ava went to her gymnastics meets whenever they were close by and clipped local newspaper articles about Jaime's accomplishments to hang on her family's refrigerator. Jaime thought it was fun that her cousin looked up to her as much as Ava did. "Hi, Jaime!" Ava's squeaky voice said excitedly. "Guess what?" she said. "What's going on Ava?" Jaime asked. "My softball team made it to the championship game! It's this Saturday. We play the West Highland Warriors. Can you come?" she asked hopefully Jaime sucked in her breath. The last thing she wanted to do was go to her cousin's little league game. She knew softball was very What does the flashback in the passage reveal about Jaime's character? 1. Jaime feels obligated to go to the game because Ava is a family member 02. Jaime recognizes that sometimes supporting others is more important than personal needs. 3. Jaime understands how important it is not to pass up the opportunity to travel with her friends.
4. Jaime realizes that Ava's softball game is not as important as her gymnastics tournament.

The kite runner reading assignmentdirections: answer the comprehension questions on a separate sheet of paper. then, ucseparate sheet of paper. then, define each vocabularyword firinally, explain each quotation in your own words, including why it is significant or important to thenovel.i. chapters 1-5 (pp. 1-47)reading questions1. the novel begins with a flashback what do you think is its purpose? what do you canwhat do you think is its purpose? what do you learn about the narrator? 2. who is hassan? describe him physically what is a cleft lip? describe him by his relationshipslip? describe him by his relationships. what was hisfirst word? why is that important? how did he come into amir's life? what contrast is made baetweenamir and hassan? sep3. what does it mean to be hazara, shi'a muslim, afghanistan's minority group? who, in the story thus alsohazara? sep4. what does it mean to be pashtun, sunni muslim, afghanistan's majority group? who, in the story thus far, ispashtun? see5. how does amir describe his home? why do you think he elaborates this description so much? what do thedetails of the family pictures in amir's house reveal? sệp6. who is sanaubar? how is she contrasted to amir's mother? sep7. who is ali? what do the neighborhood children call him? what does it mean? why do they call him this? sė8. how does amir feel about his father in these chapters? sep9. who is the king's cousin? what did he do and why? sp10.who is baba? describe him. what are his values? how does he relate to extremely religious leaders? sepri11.what does baba give hassan for his birthday? what does his present suggest about his character? howdoes amir react to this present? why did the present turn out to be ironic? sp12.who is assef? what is his ancestry? what is he famous for? what is his political vision? sp13. who are wali and kamal? 14. what happens between assef/wali/kamal and amir/hassan? what does assef threaten (foreshadow)? 15. hassan has plastic surgery to be able to smile "normally by the following winter. why does amir thinthat is ironic? 16. what does amir want to tell assef about hassan when assef bullies them about being friends? locabulary chapters 1-5

What’s the difference between extract and abstract as nouns and verbs?

Read the excerpt from "declaration of conscience" by margaret chase smith. the exercise of these rights should not cost one single american citizen his reputation or his right to a livelihood nor should he be in danger of losing his reputation or livelihood merely because he happens to know someone who holds unpopular beliefs. who of us doesn't? otherwise none of us could call our souls our own. otherwise thought control would have set in. this excerpt contains an example of