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Read the sentences from the "Ellis Island Oral History
Project" excerpt.
Which set of details would best help a reader determine the
central idea of the sentences?
Steerage was one huge place. It was the lowest deck. The
stench, it was the summer, in August, the humidity, the heat,
having no air conditioning, having cooling facilities, it was
very hot, compounded by the fact that there must have been
anywhere from two to three hundred people in that huge
cavernous area. The body smells, the body odors, the lack
of sanitation, the lack of any kind of facilities, washing, there
was no such thing as washing or bathing.
"the lowest deck," "huge cavernous area," washing or
bathing"
it was the summer," in August," "the humidity"
one huge place," "having cooling facilities." "huge
cavernous area
"stench," "body smells," no such thing as washing"
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Read the excerpt below and answer the question. there was a moment, in time, and in this place, when my brother, or my mother, or my father, or my sister, had to convey to me, for example, the danger in which i was standing from the white man standing just behind me, and to convey this with a speed, and in a language, that the white man could not possibly understand, and that, indeed, he cannot understand, until today. he cannot afford to understand it. this understanding would reveal to him too much about himself, and smash that mirror before which he has been frozen for so long. this excerpt from "if black english isn't a language, then tell me, what is? " is significant because -select all that apply- hughes imagines himself as a black slave. hughes uses black english to emphasize his argument. hughes uses a historical example to explain the origins of language. hughes explains the significance that black english holds for white people.