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Read the excerpt from “On Women’s Right to Vote,” an 1873 speech by Susan B. Anthony.And when 100 or 1,000,000 people enter into a free government, they do not barter away their natural rights; they simply pledge themselves to protect each other in the enjoyment of them, through prescribed judicial and legislative tribunals.Which quotation correctly uses ellipsis to shorten Anthony’s words?
Read the excerpt from a persuasive text.Voting is an essential element of American society, and everyone should exercise their right to vote. If you fail to vote, you are ____ your duty as a citizen and discarding your right to have your voice be heard.
Read this excerpt from “The Medicine Bag.” My buddies passed in a single file and shook his hand as I introduced them. They were so polite I almost laughed. “How, there, Grandpa,” and even a “How-do-you-do, sir.” “You look fine, Grandpa,” I said as the guys sat on the lawn chairs or on the patio floor. “Hanh, yes,” he agreed. “When I woke up this morning, it seemed the right time to dress in the good clothes. I knew that my grandson would be bringing his friends.”
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Read this excerpt from “The Medicine Bag.” “I sent your mother and sister away. What you will hear today is only for a man’s ears. What you will receive is only for a man’s hands.” He fell silent and I felt shivers down my back.
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Which sentence best shows the reader what the narrator’s brother is like?
Read and reread the excerpt from We Shall Not Be Moved.Everywhere in the garment district, by the front gates of little shops and big ones, picketers marched and sang. "O Dubinushka," they sang, and "Tortured and Enslaved," and other Russian folk and revolutionary airs. Icy rains poured down on them, some were in danger of frostbite — a winter of record-breaking cold had already begun — but there they were and there they stayed.
Read the following sentence.The city mayor’s corrupt policies soon attracted the attention of the local citizens.
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Read the excerpt from We Shall Not Be Moved.As one worker remembered it, "Well, so we stayed whispering, and no one knowing what the other would do, not making up our minds, for two hours. Then I started to get up. And at just the same minute all — we all got up together, in one second. No one after the other; no one before. And when I saw it — that time — oh, it excites me so yet, I can hardly talk about it. So we all stood up, and all walked out together. And already out on the sidewalk in front the policemen stood with the clubs. One of them said, ‘If you don't behave, you'll get this on your head.’ And he shook his club at me.["]
Read the excerpt from We Shall Not Be Moved.Traffic, both horses and autos, had been stopped cold, and some two hundred police reserves and plainclothesmen had been called out to maintain order. It seemed the army might at any moment erupt into the rest of Manhattan, invading Wall Street and the Bowery. By ten o’-clock 15,000 workers had left their machines. By nightfall, 25,000. Within the next few days the number rose to nearly 30,000, and it included some cutters, pressers, and finishers.
Read the excerpt from "Gawayne."At last the long evening was over, the last measure danced, the last wine-cup drained, the bride escorted to her chamber, the lights out, the guests separated in their rooms, and Gawayne was free to think of what he had done, and to consider how he had ruined his whole hope of happiness. He thought of his uncle's favour, of the poor lady's gratitude, of the blessing she had invoked upon him, and he determined to be gentle with her, though he could never love her as his wife. He entered the bride-chamber with the feeling of a man who has made up his mind to endure, and did not even look towards his bride, who sat awaiting him beside the fire. Choosing a chair, he sat down and looked sadly into the glowing embers and spoke no word.
Read the excerpt from "Gawayne."Now the giant cried aloud: "Yield or fight, King Arthur; which will you do? If you fight I shall conquer you, for you have no power to resist me; you will be my prisoner, with no hope of ransom, will lose your land and spend your life in my dungeon with many other brave knights. If you yield I will hold you to ransom, but you must swear to accept the terms I shall offer."
Read the excerpt from "Gawayne."Now the giant cried aloud: "Yield or fight, King Arthur; which will you do? If you fight I shall conquer you, for you have no power to resist me; you will be my prisoner, with no hope of ransom, will lose your land and spend your life in my dungeon with many other brave knights. If you yield I will hold you to ransom, but you must swear to accept the terms I shall offer."
Read the excerpt from "Our Hero."Bill Wilson has been gone for many years, adventuring with courage and with flair.He's climbed the highest mountains in the world.He's sailed, like Sinbad, on the wildest seas.
Read the excerpt from "Our Hero.”The town is setting up for the paradeto welcome brave Bill Wilson home again. Along the town's main street, flags and balloons,like cheerful sparring partners, bob and weave,and Bill's big brother Joe directs a crowdof grade school boys and girls. They sweep the streetand chatter with excitement about Bill.
Which excerpt from "Our Hero" best supports the conclusion that helping others makes someone a true hero?
Read the excerpt from "Lewis Hine Helps a Nation See the Light."Hine was born in 1874 in Wisconsin. He knew what it was like to work in an industry at a young age: as a teen, he had to take a factory job during a time of family hardship. Luckily for Hine, his life in the factory was only temporary. He was eventually able to leave it behind, complete high school, and go to college.
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