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Which step is most important for a participant in a group discussion to take before the discussion begins?

Read this excerpt from A Short Walk around the Pyramids and through the World of Art by Philip Isaacson.The traditional art of African nations is a wonderful part of the world's art. Like the art of all people who live in groups called tribes—the people of the Pacific islands, the Native Americans, the Eskimos, the Indians of the Northwest Coast of Canada—it was once called primitive art. But it isn't primitive. It isn't primitive in its shape or in the way it is made or in the deep feelings it expresses.

John Roebling, the designer of the Brooklyn Bridge,

Read the excerpt from "Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge" by Hon. Seth Low, Mayor of the City of Brooklyn.Fourteen times the earth has made its great march through the heavens since the work began. The vicissitudes of fourteen years have tried the courage and the faith of engineers and of people. At last we all rejoice in the signal triumph. The beautiful and stately structure fulfills the fondest hope. It will be a source of pleasure to-day to every citizen that no other name is associated with the end than that which has directed the work from the beginning--the name of Roebling. With all my heart I give to him who bears it now the city's acknowledgment and thanks.

Read the excerpt from "Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge" by Hon. Seth Low, Mayor of the City of Brooklyn.At either end of the Bridge lies a great city--cities full of vigorous life. The activities and the energies of each flow over into the other. The electric current has conveyed unchecked between the two the interchanging thoughts, but the rapid river has ever bidden halt to the foot of man. It is as though the population of these cities had been brought down to the river-side, year after year, there to be taught patience.

Why was the building of the Brooklyn Bridge of importance to New Yorkers?

Read the excerpt from "On Becoming an Inventor" by Dean Kamen.Then Bart went off to college and I had use of the rest of the basement. I stopped doing photography and became interested in electronics. It was the early days of disco, when making music and light shows was the rage. Everyone wanted to buy a box that could connect to their stereo to create new light and sound effects. I started building boxes after school, buying components from a nearby Radio Shack, and reading up on electronic recipes for building loaders in the basement workshop. I began buying voltmeters, soldering irons, and other tools for making light organs to sell at school and in my neighborhood. I made enough money to stock more and more equipment in the family basement.

Read the excerpt from Frida Kahlo by Hedda Garza.Curious to know more about the daring young girl below, the bulky Rivera made the slow descent to the ground floor. Kahlo wasted no time in preliminaries. . . . "I have come to show you my paintings," she told him audaciously. She told him her name and Rivera remembered that just a few years earlier, the director of the National Preparatory had told him that the girl who had caused him so much trouble was the same Frida Kahlo. Instead of becoming angry at Kahlo's audacity, the unconventional artist was delighted to meet his former tormentor face to face.

Which of the following statements expresses an opinion rather than a fact?

Read the excerpt from "Woman's Rights to the Suffrage."It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our [descendants], but to the whole people – women as well as men. And it is a downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican government – the ballot.

Which best explains Susan B. Anthony’s purpose in her speech "Woman's Rights to the Suffrage"?

The image shows the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, ratified in 1919.

Why does Anthony read the preamble to the Constitution in her speech "Woman's Rights to the Suffrage"?

Read the excerpt from "Woman's Rights to the Suffrage."Friends and Fellow Citizens: I stand before you tonight [having been accused of] the alleged crime of having voted at the last presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote. It shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in thus voting, I not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised my citizen's rights, guaranteed to me and all United States citizens by the National Constitution, beyond the power of any State to deny.

Read the excerpt from "Georgia O'Keeffe: Modernist Pioneer."In 1917, Stieglitz presented a solo show of O’Keeffe’s work. After a repeat success, more exhibits followed. In the summer of 1918, she left her teaching job and moved to New York to paint full time. There she became a member of a small circle of modernists who were also backed by Stieglitz. She married him six years later in 1924, and their shared vision led to a life of support for each other’s work. Over the next twenty-two years, the two of them enjoyed one of the best partnerships in art history.

Why did the author most likely include information about O'Keeffe's summers in New Mexico in "Georgia O'Keeffe: Modernist Pioneer"?

Which text feature could the author add to "Georgia O'Keeffe: Modernist Pioneer" to help readers better understand and visualize O'Keeffe's work?

Read the excerpt from "Georgia O'Keeffe: Modernist Pioneer."After graduating, Georgia studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York. She began by painting still lifes and received a scholarship. In spite of this award, Georgia was bored. Her paintings were too much like other works of art. She wanted to make something different, although she didn’t yet know what it was.

Read the excerpt from "Georgia O'Keeffe: Modernist Pioneer."Over the summer break of 1915, Georgia went to South Carolina to study at the Teachers College. There she studied the art theories of Arthur Dow, who was an expert in Far East art. He taught her abstract methods that were based on color, light and dark blocks, repetition, and balance. These ideas had a huge impact on her work, and she used new types of paints and other supplies rather than objects to show her feelings. It helped free her from the traditions that she found dull. Georgia later said of her teacher, "It was Arthur Dow who affected my start, who helped me to find something of my own."