2. the critics were distressed that an essayist of such glowing … could descend to writing such dull, uninteresting prose. a. obscurity b. ill-repute c. shallowness d. promise e. amiability

Make a list of 5 things you need and 5 things that you want

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ” go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival. which phrase best describes the connotation of the word “reigns”? a sense of opportunity and growth a sense of fear and anxiety a sense of compassion and humanity a sense of oppression and domination

What reasons does the author give to support the claim that it is difficult for a message to move people to take action?