What is illusion vs. reality?

Read this excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave: After the valuation, then came the division. I have no language to express the high excitement and deep anxiety which were felt among us poor slaves during this time. Our fate for life was now to be decided. We had no more voice in that decision than the brutes among whom we were ranked. A single word from the white men was enough — against all our wishes, prayers, and entreaties — to sunder forever the dearest friends, dearest kindred, and strongest ties known to human beings. Which cruel realities regarding slavery does Douglass describe? Slaves were sold to cruel masters and treated like animals. Slaves were treated like property and separated from loved ones. Slaves were sold to white people who also bought their families. Salves were treated cruelly but were not separated from loved ones.

Read this excerpt from "the legend." he negotiates the slick of ice on the sidewalk by his car, opens the fairlane's back door, leans to place the laundry in, in these lines, the poet alludes to a ford fairlane car, which was built between the 1950s and 1970s. the purpose of this allusion is to develop the theme on which topic? a) acceptance b) betrayal c) difference d) violence

Read the passage from A Raisin in the Sun.LINDNER: Yes—that's the way we feel out in Clybourne Park. And that's why I was elected to come here this afternoon and talk to you people. Friendly like, you know, the way people should talk to each other and see if we couldn't find some way to work this thing out. As I say, the whole business is a matter of caring about the other fellow. Anybody can see that you are a nice family of folks, hard-working and honest I'm sure. (BENEATHA frowns slightly, quizzically, her head tilted regarding him.) Today everybody knows what it means to be on the outside of something. And of course, there is always somebody who is out to take advantage of people who don't always understand.WALTER: What do you mean?LINDNER: Well—you see our community is made up of people who've worked hard as the dickens for years to build up that little community. They're not rich and fancy people; just hard-working, honest people who don't really have much but those little homes and a dream of the kind of community they want to raise their children in. Now, I don't say we are perfect and there is a lot wrong in some of the things they want. But you've got to admit that a man, right or wrong, has the right to want to have the neighborhood he lives in a certain kind of way. And at the moment the overwhelming majority of our people out there feel that people get along better, take more of a common interest in the life of the community, when they share a common background. I want you to believe me when I tell you that race prejudice simply doesn't enter into it. It is a matter of the people of Clybourne Park believing, rightly or wrongly, as I say, that for the happiness of all concerned that our Negro families are happier when they live in their own communities.BENEATHA (with a grand and bitter gesture): This, friends, is the Welcoming Committee!WALTER (dumfounded, looking at LINDNER): Is this what you came marching all the way over here to tell us? . . . .RUTH: Lord have mercy, ain't this the living gall!How does the playwright use dialogue to develop the message in this passage? a. Beneatha’s use of sarcasm shows how people can unintentionally hurt those they care about. b. Lindner's good manners and polite words show that segregation can be subtle and indirect. c. The rapid pace of Beneatha, Walter, and Ruth's dialogue shows that direct confrontation is the best way to resolve differences. d. Walter's questions and Ruth's exclamation develop the message that communication breakdowns are often the fault of both parties.

1.) Identify the choice that best describes the problemForgetting her homework and her books a.) Phrase fragment b.) Dangling modifier c.) Run-on sentence d.) Misplaced modifier A 2.) Choose the term that describes the underlined part of the sentence
**Although it was raining fairly hard**, the team played its best game ever.
a.) Noun clause b.) Adjetive clause c.) Adverb clause d.) Independent clause C? Because of the description ?

Which questions would most help a reader identify the author’s purpose for writing? Check all that apply.What type of text is this?
What type of reviews did the book receive?
How many copies of the book have been sold?
What is the central idea?
How does this text make one feel?

In which of the following sentences is the verb in the active voice?A. The mother called her son for lunch.
B. The telephone bill was paid yesterday.
C. The boy was called by his mother.
D. We were told that Jim is ill.