In “the negro speaks of rivers,” hughes' description of the mississippi river is symbolic of a. lincoln's role in the civil war. b. african americans' newfound freedom. c. lincoln's memorable trip to new orleans. d. african americans overcoming adversity.

The answer is option D: African Americans overcoming adversity.

In the poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," the author Langston Hughes describes the Mississippi River from a train and contemplates its significance during slavery times. He also refects on his own person, his ancestors and the difficulties and injusticies they have been through.

the answer is d. she became an english professor at university of georgia.

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.