Read the quotation from Abigail Adams. It is from a letter she wrote her husband, John Adams, as he helped draft the US Constitution. If perticuliar care and attention is not paid to the Laidies we are determined to foment a Rebelion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.Which excerpt from "Ain't I a Woman?" best supports Adams’s view?
Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?".But I fancy I hear some one of my audience say, “It is just in this circumstance that you and your brother abolitionists fail to make a favorable impression on the public mind. Would you argue more, and denounce less; would you persuade more, and rebuke less; your cause would be much more likely to succeed.” But, I submit, where all is plain there is nothing to be argued. What point in the anti-slavery creed would you have me argue? On what branch of the subject do the people of this country need light? Must I undertake to prove that the slave is a man? That point is conceded already. Nobody doubts it.Which statement best explains why this is an example of a counterclaim by Douglass?
Read the excerpt from "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."Excepting the group of four at the center of the bridge, not a man moved. The company faced the bridge, staring stonily, motionless. The sentinels, facing the banks of the stream, might have been statues to adorn the bridge. The captain stood with folded arms, silent, observing the work of his subordinates, but making no sign. Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him. In the code of military etiquette silence and fixity are forms of deference.Which is the most reasonable prediction?
Read the quotation 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 cultural view is most reflected in this quotation?
How does the speech "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” relate to life in the United States during Douglass’s time?
Read the quotation from "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."These pains appeared to flash along well-defined lines of ramification and to beat with an inconceivably rapid periodicity. They seemed like streams of pulsating fire heating him to an intolerable temperature. As to his head, he was conscious of nothing but a feeling of fullness—of congestion. These sensations were unaccompanied by thought. The intellectual part of his nature was already effaced; he had power only to feel, and feeling was torment. He was conscious of motion. Encompassed in a luminous cloud, of which he was now merely the fiery heart, without material substance, he swung through unthinkable arcs of oscillation, like a vast pendulum. 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.The language and the pace of the narration in the excerpt
Read the opening of section 2 from "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." Peyton Farquhar was a well-to-do planter, of an old and highly respected Alabama family. Being a slave owner and like other slave owners a politician he was naturally an original secessionist and ardently devoted to the Southern cause. Circumstances of an imperious nature, which it is unnecessary to relate here, had prevented him from taking service with the gallant army that had fought the disastrous campaigns ending with the fall of Corinth, and he chafed under the inglorious restraint, longing for the release of his energies, the larger life of the soldier, the opportunity for distinction. Which best describes the effect of this narration?
Read the quotation from "An Indian's View of Indian Affairs."What I have to say will come from my heart, and I will speak with a straight tongue.Based on this quotation, the reader can conclude that the Nez Percé people most believe in
Which group in nineteenth-century America would likely be the most receptive audience for "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
Which excerpt from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn contains humor?
Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”Must I argue the wrongfulness of slavery? Is that a question for Republicans? Is it to be settled by the rules of logic and argumentation, as a matter beset with great difficulty, involving a doubtful application of the principle of justice, hard to be understood?What do the rhetorical questions in the excerpt suggest?
Read the quotation from chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.“Well, I'll learn her how to meddle. And looky here—you drop that school, you hear? I'll learn people to bring up a boy to put on airs over his own father and let on to be better'n what HE is.” What is Twain’s most likely intention for employing humor within this quotation?
Which of the following quotations by Huck’s father in chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an example of irony?
Which best describes the narration in chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
Read the excerpt from chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, in which Huck describes his father.He was most fifty, and he looked it. His hair was long and tangled andgreasy, and hung down, and you could see his eyes shining through like hewas behind vines. It was all black, no gray; so was his long, mixed-upwhiskers. There warn't no color in his face, where his face showed; itwas white; not like another man's white, but a white to make a body sick,a white to make a body's flesh crawl—a tree-toad white, a fish-bellywhite. As for his clothes—just rags, that was all. He had one ankleresting on t'other knee; the boot on that foot was busted, and two of histoes stuck through, and he worked them now and then. His hat was layingon the floor—an old black slouch with the top caved in, like a lid.Which best describes the effect of the narration?
Which statement most accurately describes the satire that exists within chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
Read the quotation from chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, in which Huck’s father is speaking to him."Don't you give me none o' your lip," says he. "You've put on considerable many frills since I been away. . . You're educated, too, they say—can read and write. You think you're better'n your father, now, don't you, because he can't? . . . Who told you you might meddle with such hifalut'n foolishness, hey?—who told you you could?"Based on the excerpt, which is the most reasonable plot prediction?
Read the quotation from chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, in which Huck is discussing his father.I HAD shut the door to. Then I turned around and there he was. I used to be scared of him all the time, . . . I reckoned I was scared now, too; but in a minute I see I was mistaken—that is, after the first jolt, as you may say, when my breath sort of hitched, he being so unexpected; but right away after I see I warn't scared of him worth bothring about.Based on the excerpt, which is the most reasonable plot prediction?
Read the excerpt from chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."It's so. You can do it. I had my doubts when you told me. Now looky here; you stop that putting on frills. I won't have it. I'll lay for you, my smarty; and if I catch you about that school I'll tan you good. First you know you'll get religion, too. I never see such a son."What do these words by Huck’s father reveal about his character?
Which best describes the historical context of the 1879 Speech by Chief Joseph?
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