Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt “Dicey thought of the bread dough rising in the big earthenware bowl back on the scrubbed wooden table in
her grandmother’s kitchen. She was getting hungry. She looked at James. He was studying his grandmother
as if he was hungry too, but for something, not food, hungry in a way that food could never fill.”
Explain what the bread symbolizes in the above passage. For what are James and Dicey hungry? Explain whether or not you believe Gram will help them to satisfy this hunger.

When greg came home for lunch, he realized that his air conditioner was broken. fragment, run on or complete sentence?

According to the author, where can we find the answer to our nation’s “most pressing problem”? does that seem logical?

What is the effect of narrator's word choice on the tone of this passage? the words "my heart shrank within itself" create a fearful tone. the words "wounded his fellow" develop a remorseful tone. the words "struck harsh upon my ears" suggest an irritated tone. the words "better-omened" set a hopeful tone. excerpt from "the cabuliwallah" by rabindranath tagore i was sitting in my study, looking through the accounts, when some one entered, saluting respectfully, and stood before me. it was rahmun the cabuliwallah. at first i did not recognise him. he had no bag, nor the long hair, nor the same vigour that he used to have. but he smiled, and i knew him again. "when did you come, rahmun? " i asked him. "last evening," he said, "i was released from jail." the words struck harsh upon my ears. i had never before talked with one who had wounded his fellow, and my heart shrank within itself when i realised this; for i felt that the day would have been better-omened had he not turned up.