Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this interview. in "interview with simon ortiz," ortiz describes "a worldwide phenomenon of third-world peoples decolonizing themselves and expressing their indigenous spirit, especially in africa and the americas." how does ortiz's use of formal language in this excerpt affect the text? it develops this part of the interview's rather gloomy tone. it gives this section of the interview a scholarly tone. it exemplifies the interview's overtly jovial tone. it conveys the optimistic tone of the interview.

In 1896, a 308-page edition of  the american wheelmanearned the distinction of being "the largest magazine ever issued from a printing press,” according to the advertising journal  printers’ ink. which accurately describes this statement? it is subjective because the information contained in this statement cannot be proven. it is subjective because everyone would agree with the information contained in this statement. it is subjective because the information contained in this statement can not be proven. it is objective because the information contained in this statement can be proven. it is objective because not everyone would agree with the information contained in this statement.

Select the correct answer. lyric poems often deal with intense emotions. which statement best describes the shift in emotion in "lift every voice and sing" as it moves from the first into the second stanza? lift every voice and sing till earth and heaven ring, ring with the harmonies of liberty; let our rejoicing rise high as the listening skies, let it resound loud as the rolling sea. sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us, facing the rising sun of our new day begun let us march on till victory is won. stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod, felt in the days when hope unborn had died; yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet come to the place for which our fathers sighed? we have come over a way that with tears has been watered, we have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. a. the joyful call of the first stanza gives way to a bitter recounting of history in the second. b. the first stanza's anger is replaced by the second stanza's resignation. c. the poem moves from a sense of wonder in the first stanza toward a sense of perplexity in the second. d. there is no change between the first stanza and the second. the emotions are the same in both.

In twelve years a slave, when the passengers on the ship learn robert has smallpox, what is their reaction? “panic-stricken” “indifferent” “relieved” “oppressed”