Harriet Tubman, Conductor on the Underground Railroad: Rhetoric Answers
Read the excerpt from “Elizabeth Blackwell.” The next day Elizabeth visited an old family friend who had been practicing medicine for many years. When she told him of her intentions, Dr. Melton’s eyebrows nearly took leave of his head, but he quickly settled himself and said, “Well, that is a brilliant idea, Miss Blackwell, but clearly it is an impossible one.”“But if it is truly a brilliant idea, then it must be possible,” Elizabeth countered.Dr. Melton shrugged and said, “Perhaps it will be possible someday.” Then he added, “But while you’re waiting for someday, you may borrow from my library if you wish.”
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Which character would be considered heroic in ancient Greek myths?
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Read the sentence below.The bus driver spoke to the rude passenger in an icy voice.
Read the sentence below.The actor on stage used a loud voice so we could hear him clearly.
Which text would best be described as a myth?
Read the excerpt from Into the Unknown by Stewart Ross, and then look at the illustration below.Kingsley was now entering what she called the "raw Africa” that she liked best. As no passenger boats ventured farther up the Ogooué, she taught herself to handle a dugout canoe—an extremely difficult skill—and paddled her way farther and farther inland. Trading as she went, she was always a cause of astonishment in villages where no European woman had been seen before.
Choose the meaning that gives a positive connotation of the word "snake.”
Use context to determine the correct meaning of “second” in the sentence.Oliver Twist famously asked for a second helping when he said “Please, sir, I want some more.”
Myths often address a duality. Which is the best example of a duality?
Read the excerpt from Into the Unknown by Stewart Ross, and then look at the image below.Among the earliest Europeans to show an interest in Africa beyond its shores was Joseph Banks, the botanist who had sailed with Captain Cook. Many others were inspired by him, including the Scottish doctor and missionary, David Livingstone. Between 1854 and 1856, Livingstone made the first recorded east-west journey across the continent—from Luanda, on the coast of modern-day Angola, to Quelimane, on the coast of modern-day Mozambique. On his return, he wrote a best-selling book, Missionary Travels, in which he described a country quite different from that which his readers had imagined. Instead of bare, arid desert, he wrote of rich tropical forests, lush plains, and spectacular rivers like the Zambezi. Europeans learned for the first time about the Zambezi’s Mosioa-Tunya Falls, which Livingstone was the first Westerner to see.
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Use context to determine the correct meaning of the word “minor” in the sentence.The brothers had a minor debate over which of them should take out the trash.
Read the excerpt from Into the Unknown by Stewart Ross.The Mové steamed south along the coast, crossed the equator in the afternoon, and reached the broad mouth of the Ogooué by evening. Chugging steadily upriver, over the next two days the steamer carried Kingsley between banks of overhanging forest to the small settlement of Lambaréné, 130 miles from the sea. From here, she waited to catch a small stern-wheel steamer, the Éclaireur, bound for Ndjolé, ninety miles upstream, which she reached on June 23.
Choose the meaning that gives a denotation of the word "snake.”
Which detail from “The Myth of Hercules” is a part of Hercules’s backstory?
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Read the excerpt from "Roald Amundsen."In 1903, Amundsen achieved personal fame when he was the first to successfully navigate the Northwest Passage. This treacherous ice-bound route ran between the northern Canadian mainland and Canadian Arctic Archipelago.
Read the excerpt from "Roald Amundsen."On January 14, 1911, Fram arrived in Antarctica. Amundsen set up a base camp at the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. On October 18, six men, accompanied by four sleds and fifty-two dogs, set out toward the pole. Wearing fur for warmth, they made their way through the snow on skis. Weather conditions were good, and Amundsen and his men arrived at the South Pole on December 14—over a month before Scott's crew.
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