According to "Eileen Collins – NASA's First Female Shuttle Commander to Lead Next Shuttle Mission," what helped influence and inspire Collins when she was a young girl? the Civil Rights Movement, which her mother supported the fighter pilots who flew daring missions during World War II the early missions to explore space, led by Mercury astronauts Mrs. Rahmlow

Select the correct answer. what sound device is used in the following excerpt from "how the animals lost their tails and got them back traveling from philadelphia to medicine hat" by carl sandburg? when there was a fight and a snag and a wrangle between two families living next door neighbors to each other and this old flongboo was called in to umpire and to say which family was right and which family was wrong, which family started it and which family ought to stop it, he used to say, “the best umpire is the one who knows just how far to go and how far not to go.” a. repetition b. alliteration c. rhyme d. consonance

Which of the following highlight the literary significance of elie wiesel's speech? select all that apply. it uses rhetorical devices to persuade with pathos. it assigns meaning to the existentialist nature of life. it won the nobel prize for literature. it attempts to put into words the unspeakable horror.

Part b: which detail from the speech best supports the answer to part a? a. “i have heard much about the sexes being equal; i can carry as much as any man, and can eat as much too, if i can get it.” (paragraph 5) b. “you need not be afraid to give us our rights for fear we will take too much, for we can't take more than our pint'll hold.” (paragraph 8) c. “i can't read, but i can hear. / i have heard the bible and have learned that eve caused man to sin.” (paragraphs 12-13) d. “through god who created him and woman who bore him. / man, where is your part? ” (paragraphs 19-20)