Lines 1–14: What is this essay about? Is the essay written in the first-, second-, or third-person point of view? What kind of language does the author use? Is it formal or casual, technical or personal, funny or serious, simple or complicated? Lines 12–14: How does Noda organize ideas?

Lines 23–31: Based on these lines and the subheading “I am racially Japanese,” what kind of organizational pattern is used?

Lines 43–44: Are these sentences simple or compound? How are the sentences different?

Story: Growing up Asian

The rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden." permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago.which choice combines these two sentences from paragraph two to achieve a coherent flow of ideas? a) the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden" and permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. b) permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago and the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden." c) the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden; " and so the permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. d) because of the rich natural resources which made the sacramento valley a ‘garden of eden,’ native americans established permanent villages there 8,000 years ago.