Read the excerpt from "My First March.”"Exactly!” Mama said. "By marching, we’ll be letting the government know that we want those unfair laws to be changed. And while we march we’re going to chant, and after we chant, we’ll sing some songs. One way or another, we’re going to make sure the government hears our message.”
Read the excerpt from "My First March.”"Hey, Mama?” I asked. "How can all these buses be going to the same place we’re going? I’ve never seen a building that could hold this many people.”"Well, we’re not going to a building,” Mama said. "We’re going to a march today. That means we’ll be walking through the streets all over our nation’s capital.”Now read the excerpt from "2000 Buses.”Two thousand buses, Twenty-one chartered trains, Ten special airlines, More cars than one could nameA mass meeting they called it,The March for Jobs and FreedomEqual access, Equal justice,For all, and not just some
Read the excerpt from President Kennedy's Report to the American People.This afternoon, following a series of threats and defiant statements, the presence of Alabama National Guardsmen was required on the University of Alabama to carry out the final and unequivocal order of the United States District Court of the Northern District of Alabama.
The dates in the excerpt help the reader to determine that "American Indian Civil Rights” is structured by
Which words does Martin Luther King, Jr. include in his "I Have a Dream” speech to highlight the limitations of segregation? Select 3 options.
Which are examples of complex sentences? Select three answers.I love all kinds of seafood, but shrimp is my favorite.Before you eat the sandwich, please cut it in half.Carl needs to find his cell phone, or he may borrow mine.When we are ready to leave, we will send you a text message.If she starts to get warm, Janna will turn on the air conditioner.
Read the short speech.Turn off your television, and talk to your family. You will be surprised at how much your siblings have to say. Turn off your television, and step outside. You will be surprised at how the cool air will refresh you. Turn off your television, and connect with the world around you. Your efforts will be rewarded.
Which correctly describes the narration in My Story and "On the Bus with Rosa Parks"?
Read the lines from the "I Have a Dream" speech.Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.
Which phrase in Martin Luther King, Jr.’s "I Have a Dream" speech is an example of an allusion?
Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy.Reverend Buckminster sighed. "It doesn't matter if it's true. It matters what people think. It matters that my congregation can tell me what to think when my son goes out to visit a Negro girl on Malaga Island. It doesn't matter at all how she got you out there.""It matters to me," Turner whispered."Speak up!""It matters to me."The grim silence circled the room like an eager tiger. It flicked its tail greedily at them, circling, circling, circling. Turner felt that it was about to pounce, claws fully out.And then it did."Forbidden is forbidden. You will stay in the house for the next two weeks, Turner. If I cannot trust you not to go to the island, then I will have to keep you under my eye. You may not leave here except for church services. And this means that you may not go down to the docks today.""They're not down on the docks.""Speak up, Turner. Good Lord, don't mumble like a little whipped boy.""They're not down on the damn docks."
Which is found in My Story but not in "On the Bus with Rosa Parks"?
Read the paragraph.(1) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. uses repetition to give his speech rhythm and momentum. (2) "Let freedom ring” is a phrase which is used many times in his speech. (3) "Let freedom ring” is a phrase that leads to an exciting conclusion.
Which lines in this paragraph can be used as examples of metaphor? Select 3 options.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s main purpose in giving his "I Have a Dream” speech was to
Read the excerpt from Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy."Gentlemen," said Reverend Buckminster slowly, "there clearly are real dangers I had not anticipated." He looked at Turner, and Turner saw in his eyes—distrust. "Perhaps the Lord is leading you in your efforts. And if so, then what else could the minister of First Congregational say but that he is with you in this?""That, Reverend, is what we came to ask," said Mr. Stonecrop. "And it will not be long before Phippsburg is free from this sordidness, and we can start to rebuild ourselves. Someday soon, the settlement on Malaga Island will be no more.
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Read the excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream” speech.But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation.
Which details of daily life in coastal Maine hint that the story takes place in a past era? Select two answers.
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