5. What does the last stanza suggest about the speaker's point of view regarding hope? O A The speaker has experienced some troubled times but is now in a much better place. OB The speaker thinks of hope as the only source of comfort in his/her life, even more than food (i. e. the "crumb"). oc The speaker thinks hope is helpful, but only to a certain point. D The speaker, having experienced adversity, regards hope in a positive light, as it never asked anything of him/her. BACK SAVE & NEXT

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

Read the opening lines of sojourner truth's speech "ain't i a woman? " well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. i think that 'twixt the negroes of the south and the women at the north, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. but what's all this here talking about? what tone do these lines convey?

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