Aman who watched me play in the park suggested that my mother allow me to play in local chess tournaments. my mother smiled graciously, an answer that meant nothing. i desperately wanted to go, but i bit back my tongue. i knew she would not let me play among strangers. so as we walked home i said in a small voice that i didn’t want to play in the local tournament. they would have american rules. if i lost, i would bring shame on my family. “is shame you fall down nobody push you,” said my mother. compare and contrast the narrator’s motivations with her mother’s.

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Me with this questions i really need them right 4. any complex sentence contains a. independent clauses only b. dependent clauses only c. one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses d. neither independent clauses nor dependent clauses 5. an appositive is a phrase or clause that a. is a noun or group of words acting as a noun b. is placed right next to a noun c. gives more information about a noun d. all of the above 6. select the correctly punctuated sentence containing appositve. a. the vocational counselor an experienced placement specialist has agreed to me get a job. b. the vocational counselor, an experienced placement specialist has agreed to me get a job. c. the vocational counselor an experienced placement specialist, has agreed to me get a job. d. the vocational counselor, an experienced placement specialist, has agreed to me get a job.