In lines 11-18, Soto focuses on the concept of how men and women worked hard for many years until they retired. The put forward this fact by giving example of his grandfather and grandmother.
Explanation:
The highlighted lines are from a narrative essay 'One last time' written by Gary Soto. Here, Soto illustrates how he grew up in an immigrant family and how his Grandfather and Grandmother worked with blue collar jobs.
In these sentences, Soto provides details of his grandfather and grandmother's job. He states how both his grandma worked for whole twenty years and retired at the age of sixty five.
Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best
the tests and trials God subjects people to
O the temptations that God allows people to face
the graces and blessings God grants to His worshippers
the forgiveness and pardon God shows to His worshippers
A yoke is a wooden beam normally used between a pair of oxen or other animals to enable them to pull together on a load when working in pairs.
Bear his old and shaggy yoke.
As in other than his old and
Poor yoke, things serve him best
Are Jenny and ______ walking to the soccer fields this afternoon?
A. us; subject
B. we; subject
C. us; predicate nominative
D. we; predicate nominative
Please turn off the oven when the timer rings.
A.
independent
B.
subordinate
A.
He is proud of all the hard work he did to learn how to fly.
B.
He is separated from much of what is familiar and comforting.
C.
He is confused about how he is able to fly when no one else can.
D.
He is eager to leave the ground and never return.