How does the passionate tone adopted by Set'tainte (Satanta) within the speech "My Heart Is Bursting" most help him achieve his purpose?
Read the two excerpts from section 3 of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."Then all at once, with terrible suddenness, the light about him shot upward with the noise of a loud splash; a frightful roaring was in his ears, and all was cold and dark. The power of thought was restored; he knew that the rope had broken and he had fallen into the stream. ***As he is about to clasp her he feels a stunning blow upon the back of the neck; a blinding white light blazes all about him with a sound like the shock of a cannon—then all is darkness and silence!What does the motif of a loud sound represent in the story?
Which excerpt from "My Heart Is Bursting" most contributes to the cultural view that freedom is essential to happiness?
Read the excerpt from "Ain't I a Woman?"I could work as much and eat as much as a man – when I could get it – and bear the lash as well! And ain’t I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother’s grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain’t I a woman?What is the primary purpose of the phrases “borne thirteen children” and “cried out with my mother’s grief”?
Read the excerpt from "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."As he pushes open the gate and passes up the wide white walk, he sees a flutter of female garments; his wife, looking fresh and cool and sweet, steps down from the veranda to meet him. At the bottom of the steps she stands waiting, with a smile of ineffable joy, an attitude of matchless grace and dignity. Ah, how beautiful she is! He springs forward with extended arms. Which best describes the narration in the excerpt?
Read the excerpt from "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." He unclosed his eyes and saw again the water below him. "If I could free my hands," he thought, "I might throw off the noose and spring into the stream. By diving I could evade the bullets and, swimming vigorously, reach the bank, take to the woods and get away home. My home, thank God, is as yet outside their lines; my wife and little ones are still beyond the invader’s farthest advance.”Which best describes the impact of the narration in the excerpt?
Which is a motif in "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" that represents being trapped?
Read the excerpt from "An Indian's View of Indian Affairs."They told us to treat all men as they treated us; that we should never be the first to break a bargain; that it was a disgrace to tell a lie; that we should speak only the truth; that it was a shame for one man to take from another his wife, or [to take] his property without paying for it. What central idea from the speech is most strengthened by this quote?
How does "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” relate to the Declaration of Independence?
Read the lines from chapter 22 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.Then at the bottom was the biggest line of all, which said:LADIES AND CHILDREN NOT ADMITTED."There," says he, "if that line don't fetch them, I don't know Arkansaw!"Twain is most likely using humor to convey his viewpoint that
Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”There are seventy-two crimes in the State of Virginia which, if committed by a black man (no matter how ignorant he be), subject him to the punishment of death; while only two of the same crimes will subject a white man to the like punishment.What problem is Douglass referring to in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from chapter 23 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.“What we want is to go out of here quiet, and talk this show up, and sell the rest of the town! Then we'll all be in the same boat. Ain't that sensible?" ("You bet it is!—the jedge is right!" everybody sings out.) Twain is most likely using humor to make a statement about the impressionability of which of the following groups of people?
Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”Go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the Old World, travel through South America, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival.Which best describes the impact of the author’s repetitive use of words that suggest similar ideas, such as “go,” “search,” and “roam”?
Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? What is the purpose of this rhetorical question as it used by Douglass?
Which statement from "Ain't I a Woman?" is an example of pathos?
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