Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World. Cutting cane was hard work, but it was nothing like what came next: Piles of freshly cut cane had to be fed into the ever-turning mill wheels, until they were completely crushed. The owners insisted that during the work hours the grinding never stop, no matter what. The mills were most often tended by women who were doing dangerous work while getting almost no rest. That was a very bad combination. An ax was often propped up near the rollers so if a slave closed her eyes for a second while pushing the cane, her arm could be hacked off before she was pulled through the merciless grinders. Guests at sugar plantations often remarked on how many one-armed people they saw. How do the authors support their claim and purpose with their choice of words? by using words with neutral connotations, such as completely and remarked by describing the mills with positive words, such as the word freshly by repeating the word work to emphasize and praise the millsâ productivity by using words with negative connotations, such as hacked and merciless
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English, 21.06.2019 16:30, Ashwaf23474
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How does the allusion to icarus support the authorâs tone ? a)it makes it clear that earhart, like icarus ,fell to her death .b)it emphasizes earhartâs failure in spite of her ambition. c)it stresses that the author views earhartâs fate as a mystery. d)it shows that the author sees earhart as a kind of legend can someone
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English, 22.06.2019 03:30, Queenquestion9130
âheartwork each day is born with a sunrise and ends in a sunset, the same way we open our eyes to see the light, and close them to hear the dark. you have no control over how your story begins or ends. but by now, you should know that all things have an ending. every spark returns to darkness. every sound returns to silence. and every flower returns to sleep with the earth. the journey of the sun and moon is predictable. but yours, is your ultimate art.â â suzy kassem what does this quote mean to you? and why? i'm not looking for anything in particular, i just wanted to know. : )
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English, 22.06.2019 03:30, annapittbull12
Read the excerpt. âthis is a train-servicing station and we have to wait for a train.â he shakes his head. i smile. âitâd be nice if we could get one.â lauren mizock has revised her draft of âtrain tracksâ to convey plot events using
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