Read the following excerpt from frederick douglass's "learning to read and write" and answer the question
as i writhed under it, i would at times feel that learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing. it
opened my eyes to the horrible pit, but to no ladder upon which to get out. in moments of agony, i envied my
fellow slaves for their stupidity. i have often wished myself a beast. i preferred the condition of the meanest
reptile to my own.
which word is closest in meaning to the word writhed in the excerpt above?

Match each excerpt to the correct stanza structure. it was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea, that a maiden there lived whom you may know by the name of annabel lee; and this maiden she lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me. (from "annabel lee" by edgar allan poe) o thou, new-year, delaying long, delayest the sorrow in my blood, that longs to burst a frozen bud and flood a fresher throat with song. (from "in memoriam" by alfred lord tennyson) nature’s first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold. her early leaf’s a flower but only so an hour. then leaf subsides to leaf. so eden sank to grief,; so dawn goes down to day. nothing gold can stay. (from "nothing gold can stay" by robert frost) at sestos hero dwelt; hero the fair, whom young apollo courted for her hair, and offered as a dower his burning throne, where she should sit for men to gaze upon. the outside of her garments were of lawn, the lining purple silk, with gilt stars drawn; (from "hero and leander" by christopher marlowe) quatrain couplet octave sestet

Which statement best explains why shakespeare has cassius use the word fawn rather than a synonym such as flatter to describe his actions?

The travels of marco polo.what is the author’s purpose for writing this text?