Which of the following pieces if evidence best supports Stevenson's claim from chapter 8 that children whose stories he shares "weren't exceptional" (Stevenson 160) 1. "By the late 1980s and early 1990s, the politics of fear and anger sweeping the country and fueling mass incarceration was turning its attention to children" (Stevenson 159)
2. Trinsas mental and physical health made her life in prison extremely challenging (Stevenson 160)
3. "there were thousands of children like them scattered throughout prisons in the united states" (Stevenson 160)
4. "the difficulties outside antonios home were compounded by severe domestic abuse inside the home" ( Stevenson 154)

In at least 150 words, explain why gilman probably chose to write “the yellow wallpaper” in the first person.

Which traits are strongest in your persuasive essay: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, or conventions?

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next