Read the excerpt from "lessons of dr. martin luther king, jr." our workers labor for many hours every day under the hot sun, often without safe drinking water or toilet facilities. our workers are constantly subjected to incredible pressures and intimidation to meet excessive quotas. my friends, if we are going to end the suffering, we must use the same people power that vanquished injustice in montgomery, selma, and birmingham.   based on this passage, the reader can conclude that one purpose of chavez’s speech is toa. give people interesting information about how a grape farm operates. b. persuade people to join the farm workers’ fight against poor working conditions. c. urge people to decrease the quotas that farm workers must meet each month. d. show people that the workers in selma are the same as the farm workers.

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.