Read the excerpt from frederick douglass's speech "what to the slave is the fourth of july? "
go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel
through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the
everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy,
america reigns without a rival.
which phrase best describes the connotation of the word "reigns"?
a. a sense of opportunity and growth.
b. a sense of fear and anxiety.
c. a sense of compassion and humanity.
d. a sense of oppression and domination.

“speak up for tory principles” in his political speech, disraeli addresses the principles of the tory party. explain what they are and how he relates them to the condition of the people. use textual evidence to support your claim

Read the following passage: he roamed from chamber to chamber with hurried, unequal, and objectless step. the pallor of his countenance had assumed, if possible, a more ghastly hue— but the luminousness of his eye had utterly gone out. the once occasional huskiness of his tone was heard no more; and a tremulous quaver, as if of extreme terror, habitually characterized his utterance. there were times, indeed, when i thought his unceasingly agitated mind was laboring with some oppressive secret, to divulge which he struggled for the necessary courage. which of the above ideas might be considered foreshadowing? he is wandering all over the chamber his skin tone is really pale his voice is quivering the narrator thinks he is laboring with an oppressive secret

Which sentence has a correct verb form in the subjunctive mood? a. i insist that the town stop using that dangerous product to kill mosquitoes. b. i demand that the town use a less dangerous means of killing them. c. if i was a mayor, i would pass a law against that dangerous product. d. if my cousin was at today’s town meeting, she would agree.