Read the excerpt from notes of a native son. in that year i had had time to become aware of the meaning of all my father’s bitter warnings, had discovered the secret of his proudly pursed lips and rigid carriage: i had discovered the weight of white people in the world. i saw that this had been for my ancestors and now would be for me an awful thing to live with and that the bitterness which had to kill my father could also kill me. which best describes the realization baldwin has about racial prejudice in early 20th-century america? a the bitterness that results from racial prejudice is a well-kept family secret. b the bitterness that results from racial prejudice does not affect him. c the bitterness that results from racial prejudice does not make sense. d the bitterness that results from racial prejudice threatens his existence.

      D

the answer is: tabard inn, southwark.

in "the canterbury tales," by geoffrey chaucer, the twenty-nine diverse group of pilgrims is staying at a tavern in southwark, london, as they are traveling to canterbury. they wish to visit the relics of saint thomas becket in canterbury   cathedral in order to him for his when they underwent necessities.

active voice: my father cut the tree.

passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

active voice: people buy newspapers every day.

passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

active voice: people have been using movies as political propaganda since world war ii.

passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

active voice: donna gave me my birthday present.

passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

active voice: mom will leave the keys on the counter.

passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.