Read the excerpt from “on women’s right to vote,” an 1873 speech by susan b. anthony.

our democratic-republican government is based on the idea of the natural right of every individual member thereof to a voice and a vote in making and executing the laws.

which quotation correctly uses ellipsis to shorten anthony’s words?

a. our democratic-republican government is based on the idea of the natural right of every individual member thereof to . . a vote in making and executing the laws.

b. our democratic-republican government is based on the idea of the natural right of every individual member thereof . . to a voice and a vote in making and executing the laws.

c. our democratic-republican government . . of the natural right of every individual member thereof to a voice and a vote in making and executing . .

d. our democratic-republican government is based on the idea of . . a voice and a vote in making and executing the laws.

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

Which statement best explains the motivation for the narrator's mother to introduce her daughter to everyone they meet? from amy tan's "rules of the game."

Hurry 20 mins all the animals were now present except moses, the tame raven, who slept on a perch behind the back door. when major saw that they had all made themselves comfortable and were waiting attentively he cleared his throat and began: "comrades, you have heard already about the strange dream that i had last night. but i will come to the dream later. i have something else to say first. i do not think, comrades, that i shall be with you for many months longer, and before i die i feel it my duty to pass on to you such wisdom as i have acquired. i have had a long life, i have had much time for thought as i lay alone in my stall, and i think i may say that i understand the nature of life on this earth as well as any animal now living. it is about this that i wish to speak to you." which historical figure does old major most likely represent? tsar nicholas ii an imperial guard vladimir lenin joseph stalin