Identify the phrase in this sentence.

the cheetah runs quickly after the gazelle.

a.
the cheetah runs

b.
after the gazelle

c.
the gazelle

d.
the cheetah runs quickly

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.