Excerpt from letter to william lloyd garrison from harriet beecher stowe
harriet beecher stowe

his plans for the elevation of his own race, are manly, sensible, comprehensive, he has evidently observed carefully and thought deeply and will i trust act efficiently.

which dictionary definition best applies to the word elevation as it is used in the selected line?
a) altitude
b) improvement
c) potential
d) uprising

Choose the best paraphrase of bashes haiku an old silent pond a frog jumps into the pond splash silence again a.the pond was silent until the frog jumped in splashing now alternates with quiet b.a pond will never be silent after one frog jumps into it and starts splashing around c. a frog jumps into a quiet pond there is a splash then all is quiet once more d. there was once an accident body of water that a frog splashed into and died

Write a letter to your sister who give birth to her forth child advising her against having anymore child

98 ! use evidence from the text to support each response. complete at least one full paragraph for each question.1. select one of the stories or poems in this unit and identify the author's purpose for writing. then, identify the theme of that same story or poem. what is the difference between the theme and the author's purpose? are they the same, or are they different? 2. what views about what's important do most of the stories and poems in this unit share? how do the selections differ in their views of what's important? 3. name two pieces that share a theme and explain how each story develops this theme. try to answer them all. !