25 points, from USATESTPREP The story is called Getting in Synch by Mira D'Angelo

Tiona really enjoyed this essay, so she learned about the author's background. Tiona was not surprised to read that D'Angelo's mother had a favorite saying. Which saying MOST CLOSELY matches the message in "Getting in Synch?"

a. True partners can achieve amazing things together
b. It's not if you win or loose, but how you play the game.

please provide an explanation if possible

In the poem "we wear the mask," paul laurence dunbar voices his repressed anger and frustration toward american society. he repeats the title phrase three times in the poem, using the words mask and we to show that the first use of the phrase is matter-of-fact. in the second stanza, the statement is followed by a period, which shows resignation. however, at the end of the poem, dunbar almost shouts the phrase defiantly. the mask seems to become something he wears proudly. through this gradual emphasis on the phrase, dunbar could be implying that