The author describes "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" as an "immediate sensation"
in this excerpt to show
A
what laws prevented enslaved people from reading
books.
Frederick didn't stop with the spoken word. He
also set his story to paper. "The Narrative of the Life
of Frederick Douglass" was first published in 1845
An immediate sensation, the book offered an
account of Frederick's life from birth to separation
from his family to life in New Bedford. It was
reprinted nine times over the next three years. It
was dangerous for Frederick to publish his
autobiography. At any moment he could have been
captured and sent back
B
how this publication impacted the public.
с
why this publication was illegal to read.
D
which areas of the country were more supportive of
civil rights.

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the shift in the poem’s rhythm in the last stanza signifies a resolution to the conflict that the poem is a sonnet the speaker’s confusion an irregular rhyme scheme

Agood persuasive essay topic cannot be a. a fact b. debatable c. something somebody else has already written about

Read the passage to determine the meaning of the word humanities. studying the humanities, such as art, literature, and philosophy, can you understand an ancient society. use the drop-down menus to answer the questions. what is the most likely meaning of the word humanities?