Read the paragraph.
Thurgood Marshall was born and raised in Baltimore,
Maryland. He attended...
English, 14.07.2020 01:01 elijahjacksonrp6z2o7
Read the paragraph.
Thurgood Marshall was born and raised in Baltimore,
Maryland. He attended Howard University, where he
studied law. He served for years as influential legal
counsel to the NAACP (National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People), acting as a champion
of civil rights for African Americans. He is famous for
winning the 1954 case Brown V. The Board of Education
of Topeka, in which it was ruled that racial segregation in
schools was illegal. Marshall became the first African
American to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. His
remarkable achievements as a lawyer, as a Supreme
Court justice, and as a human being were nothing short
of extraordinary
As used in the passage, the word "influential" has a(n)
connotation
A. Ambiguous
B. Favorable
C. Foreboding
D. Awkward
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English, 21.06.2019 23:10
2read this passage from "the raven." what is puzzling the speaker in this stanza? 60% but the raven still beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, straight i wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door then, upon the velvet sinking, i betook myself to linking fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore- what this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore meant in croaking "nevermore." s and what the raven's message is why the raven came to visit where the raven came from how the raven got into his room
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English, 22.06.2019 03:10
How are the characters of tablin and keyn revealed in this excerpt from "the guard" by simon dunbar? a. indirectly through dialogue and by thoughts and actions b. directly through a narrative description c. indirectly through dialogue "where's my horse? " keyn asked. tablin looked around the dirt courtyard. he tried to peer through the shadowy arches of the flowing barrel. he even twisted in his saddle to look across the merchant's bazaar, past tents and warehouses filled with goods. "i don't know," he said. "did you leave it in your mouth? it's the only place i can think of that's big enough." keyn laughed; something got stuck in his throat half way, and he coughed for breath. "i can see you're good to go,â tablin observed as keyn struggled to clear his throat. âgo get your horse yourself before i take the job and leave you to rot in the flowing barrel."
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English, 22.06.2019 05:00
âtell me o swan, your ancient taleâ by kabir âthe swanâ by rilke âspanish dancerâ by rilke âyour laughterâ by pablo neruda âbirthplaceâ by shaffarzadeh âitâs this wayâ by nazim hikmet âcounting small-boned bodiesâ by robert bly choose two poems that you would like to write about. analyze each poem. study the perspective, or point of view, of the speaker in each of the two poems that you select for this assignment. consider these questions: who is the speaker in each of these poems? what is the speakerâs tone? is there a conflict? is there a message? what does each of the poems have in common? what is different about each of the poems? which literary devices are used in the poems? are these literary devices found in both of the poems? what does the speaker hope to achieve in each of the poems? how are these achievements/goals been met? directions: using the two poems of your choosing, write a clear, concise, two hundred and fifty word essay that compares and contrasts the two poems. make sure you include at least two of the following to support your thesis: tone, point of view, literary devices, and meter.
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English, 22.06.2019 05:50
How can the reader of a story use the setting of a story to learn more about a charactor
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