If you know how to speak a foreign language, you will have many opportunities in the job market. Because the world has become more interactive, and the economy more global, people who can speak, read, and write a foreign language have an advantage when it comes to finding a good job. High schools and colleges offer foreign language classes for all their students. These are a good first step in gaining that advantage. What is the author trying to say?

98 ! use evidence from the text to support each response. complete at least one full paragraph for each question.1. select one of the stories or poems in this unit and identify the author's purpose for writing. then, identify the theme of that same story or poem. what is the difference between the theme and the author's purpose? are they the same, or are they different? 2. what views about what's important do most of the stories and poems in this unit share? how do the selections differ in their views of what's important? 3. name two pieces that share a theme and explain how each story develops this theme. try to answer them all. !