1A. Which of the following does the narrator imply about the story of the swordfish? A. The narrator’s father believes the story will be hard for others to understand.
B. The narrator’s father cannot recall the sequence of events in the story.
C. The narrator’s father has repeated the story multiple times.
D. The narrator does not believe his father’s recollection of the details in the story.

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 sense of opportunity and growth a sense of fear and anxiety a sense of compassion and humanity a sense of oppression and domination