Guthrie traveled around the country during the 1930s. It was the time of the Great Depression. He wrote and sang about the terrible conditions he saw. Music was a comfort in those hard times. Guthrie became a favorite radio performer. People connected with his songs because he sang about average people. Which sentence from this paragraph explains what some of Guthrie's songs were about?

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Guthrie traveled around the country during the 1930s.
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It was the time of the Great Depression.
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He wrote and sang about the terrible conditions he saw.
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Guthrie became a favorite radio performer.

Select the correct text in the passage. which two lines in this excerpt from shakespeare's romeo and juliet foreshadow the tragic fate of romeo and juliet? friar laurence: so smile the heavens upon this holy act, that after hours with sorrow chide us not! romeo: amen, amen! but come what sorrow can, it cannot countervail the exchange of joy that one short minute gives me in her sight: do thou but close our hands with holy words, then love-devouring death do what he dare; it is enough i may but call her mine. friar laurence: these violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness and in the taste confounds the appetite: therefore love moderately; long love doth so; too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

Write a 250-word essay in which you explain the theme of women’s strength and bravery in the poem.

The following question asks about one or more selections from your literature textbook. you may use your textbook to answer this question. both “lob’s girl” and “jeremiah’s song” contain flashbacks. in a paragraph, explain what this plot technique adds to the stories. support your answer with one detail from each story.