“i met many people who talked with me by spelling into my hand, and thought in joyous sympathy leaped up to meet thought, and behold, a miracle had been wrought! the barren places between my mind and the minds of others blossomed like the rose.”

how do these sentences most contribute to the development of ideas in the passage?

question 8 options:

a)
they compare helen's spelling skills with those of other people.

b)
they explain how helen developed her love of world travel.

c)
they present helen's life as more interesting than the lives of other people.

d)
they show language allowed helen to show a connection with others.

In about two hundred words, explain how the author's use of folktales and symbolism add meaning to the story and convey the central theme of the novel: the disintegration of the traditional igbo society as a result of its contact with european practices and beliefs.

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ”go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival. what is one way that douglass achieves his purpose of persuading the reader to see his point of view? by relating as many facts and statistics to the reader as possibleby using familiar and casual language to make the reader feel comfortableby using gentle language to evoke a sense of calm and tranquilityby repeating the word “you” to directly relate to the reader

“speak up for tory principles” in his political speech, disraeli addresses the principles of the tory party. explain what they are and how he relates them to the condition of the people. use textual evidence to support your claim