"you must belong to those beef-cattle peoples down the road," i said. they said "asalamalakim" when they met you, too, but they didn't shake hands. always too busy: feeding the cattle, fixing the fences, putting up salt-lick shelters, throwing down hay. when the white folks poisoned some of the herd the men stayed up all night with rifles in their hands. i walked a mile and a half just to see the sight. hakim-a-barber said, "i accept some of their doctrines, but farming and raising cattle is not my style." (they didn't tell me, and i didn't ask, whether wangero (dee) had really gone and married him.) what is the meaning of the word doctrines as it is used above? beliefs livestock work ethics medicine

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

How does this poem resemble an elizabethan sonnet? it contains exactly 14 lines. it has no set rhyme pattern. it has a pattern of repeating lines. it has a set number of syllables per line.

What is the first thing you should do when writing a thesis? a. find supporting evidence c. determine your reasons b. determine your position d. investigate why you have a position select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d