The nuns at school, on the other hand, insinuated that india had long outlived its glories, and that if we wanted to be educated, modern women, we’d better hit the trail westward. why does the author most likely use the phrase “hit the trail westward” in this excerpt?
a) to readers locate america in relation to calcutta

b)to contrast the idea of modern with the old west

c)to allude to the idea of the america dream

d)to allow readers a clear visual image of the direction her life would take.

What would be an example of foreshadowing in a story about a magician who ends up going bad from too much power? a. the author shows the magician preparing his tricks before a show. b. the narrator describes the magician's rise in popularity at the beginning of the story. c. the reader is first introduced to the magician having fun scaring audiences with his tricks. d. the story begins on a cold autumn day in the suburbs of a big city

The missionaries who appear in the novel are colonists from a) britain b) portugal c) spain d) italy

Read these excerpts. lincoln's "gettysburg address." it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. whitman's "o captain! my captain! ". exult, o shores, and ring, o bells! but i, with mournful tread, walk the deck my captain lies, fallen cold and dead. which rhetorical appeal do both excerpts use? logos: the use of logic to convince the audience pathos: the use of emotional appeals to affect the audience’s feelings brevity: writing or speaking that is short, brief, and to the point ethos: the use of authority to persuade the audience to act the right way