[I] smelled the breath of death for the first time since all this hardship began, [and] was scared. —Diary of J. Henry C. Helmuth,
Philadelphia, 1793

What does this quotation from the beginning of the chapter add to the story?

The quotation connects the story to the feelings of a real person who experienced the outbreak.
J. Henry C. Helmuth is an important character in the story.
The quotation identifies the narrator of the novel.
The quotation helps explain the cause of the outbreak.

But one hundred years later, the negro still is not free. one hundred years later, the life of the negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. one hundred years later, the negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. one hundred years later, the negro is still languishing in the corners of american society and finds himself an exile in his own land. so we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. in paragraph 3, which rhetorical technique is being used to add emphasis? a) overstatement b) understatement c) parallel structure d) rhetorical question

Match the elements of historical analysis to the corresponding information about the gettysburg address.

Make sure the topic of your persuasive essay is not a.something someone else is writing about b.a fact c.something you have written about before