Read this passage from susan b. anthony's "speech after being convicted of voting": it shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in thus doing, i not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised my citizen's rights, guaranteed to me and all united states citizens by the national constitution, beyond the power of any state to deny. which statement describes the overall effect this paragraph has on the structure of anthony's speech? a. as the first paragraph, it introduces anthony's main argument. b. as a paragraph from the middle, it presents evidence for her points. c. as a prelude, it puts some of her arguments into context. d. as the conclusion paragraph, it leaves the audience with lasting thoughts.

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1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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