By using first-person narrative and including many details, which critical goal does douglass achieve in his autobiography? a. he frees himself from the necessity to describe events objectively. b. he melds real-world historical context and personal experience to create a memorable narrative. c. he combines evidence of the cruelty of the slaveholders with the poetry of the songs the enslaved people sang. d. he encourages readers to form their own diverse opinions of slavery.

Which passage is an example of rising action in edgar allan poe`s "the black cat

Which best describes the underlined words in the sentence? the ancient babylonians, egyptians, and chinese developed calendars based on the movements of the sun, moon, planets, and stars. a. simple subject b. compound subject c. complete subject

What satirical statement does washington irving make about tom walker and society in this excerpt from "the devil and tom walker"? he insisted that the money found through his means should be employed in his service. he proposed, therefore, that tom should employ it in the black traffic; that is to say, that he should fit out a slave ship. this, however, tom resolutely refused: he was bad enough in all conscience, but the devil himself could not tempt him to turn slave-trader. a. shunning slavery is expected even from morally corrupt men like tom. b. although tom shuns slavery, he still oppresses people with extortion. c. supporting slavery and participating in the slave trade is evil. d. tom realizes that the slave trade is worse than extorting money from others. e. indulging in extortion is more reprehensible than supporting slavery.