Out of Many, One: Rhetoric in The Gettysburg Address and "O Captain! My Captain!" Answers

Woody Guthrie was most likely inspired to write about a “ribbon of highway” when traveling on a

It was said that my New York license plates would arouse interest and perhaps questions, since they were the only outward identifying marks I had. And so they did – perhaps twenty or thirty times in the whole trip. But such contacts followed an invariable pattern, somewhat as follows:Local man: “New York, huh?”Me: "Yep."Local man: “I was there in nineteen thirty-eight – or was it thirty-nine? Alice, was it thirty-eight or thirty-nine we went to New York?"Alice: "It was thirty-six. I remember because it was the year Alfred died.”Local man: "Anyway, I hated it. Wouldn't live there if you paid me.”

of the tall woman, greenas dreams of forests and meadowswaiting for those who’d workeda thousand yearsyet never owned their own.Lands invadedwhen the earth became owned.Lands of those who followedthe changing Moon,knowledge of the seasonsin their veins.

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What tone would be most appropriate for a PSA about healthy eating?

Read the lines from “This Land Is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie.Nobody living can ever stop me, As I go walking that freedom highway

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Which statement best describes a similarity between the poem "Ellis Island" and the essay "Thanksgiving: A Native American View"?

Which sentence is subjunctive and conditional?

Based on This Land Was Made for You and Me, which song did Woody Guthrie most likely write while staying with Alan Lomax and his wife in Washington, DC?

Read the procedural text.Plain Taffy3.5 lbs. white sugar2 cups water1 teaspoon cream of tartarPut the sugar and water in a clean pan. Heat mixture over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally until melted. Continue heating to a slow boil.Add the cream of tartar and put a lid on the pan. Allow mixture to boil in this way for ten minutes.Remove the lid and immerse a candy thermometer in the boiling liquid. Boil to 310 degrees. Quickly remove pan from heat and pour contents into oiled frames, tins, or onto a pouring slab.Cut into bars or squares with a knife or taffy cutter while still warm.Allow taffy to cool before eating.

It was said that my New York license plates would arouse interest and perhaps questions, since they were the only outward identifying marks I had. And so they did – perhaps twenty or thirty times in the whole trip. But such contacts followed an invariable pattern, somewhat as follows:Local man: “New York, huh?”Me: "Yep."Local man: “I was there in nineteen thirty-eight – or was it thirty-nine? Alice, was it thirty-eight or thirty-nine we went to New York?"Alice: "It was thirty-six. I remember because it was the year Alfred died.”Local man: "Anyway, I hated it. Wouldn't live there if you paid me.”

Which sentence is conditional?

Which text would include steps to help readers achieve a goal?

Read the excerpt from This Land Was Made for You and Me.Woody thought there was plenty to worry about. The Great Depression, which had begun in 1929, was grinding on. For years, desperate, hungry people had been tramping the roads and riding the rails, looking for work or handouts.