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which quote from the story is the best evidence to
support the student's reason?
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a teacher instructs students to write an argumentative
essay about "the most dangerous game." read the claim
and reason one student writes and then answer the
question.
claim: rainsford needs to learn sensitivity for other beings.
reason: he is conceited and considers himself superior
than others.
"we should have some good hunting up the amazon.
great sport, hunting
"the world is made up of two classes--the hunters and
the huntees. luckily, you and i are the hunters."
"pure imagination," said rainsford. "one superstitious
sailor can taint the whole ship's company with his fear."
"it's so dark," he thought, "that i could sleep without
closing my eyes; the night would be my eyelids"
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Read the excerpt below and answer the question. there was a moment, in time, and in this place, when my brother, or my mother, or my father, or my sister, had to convey to me, for example, the danger in which i was standing from the white man standing just behind me, and to convey this with a speed, and in a language, that the white man could not possibly understand, and that, indeed, he cannot understand, until today. he cannot afford to understand it. this understanding would reveal to him too much about himself, and smash that mirror before which he has been frozen for so long. this excerpt from "if black english isn't a language, then tell me, what is? " is significant because -select all that apply- hughes imagines himself as a black slave. hughes uses black english to emphasize his argument. hughes uses a historical example to explain the origins of language. hughes explains the significance that black english holds for white people.