Which excerpt from the passage best states the authors' claim? "Slave owners fought back, arguing that owners should be able to list their slaves as property . . . " "'All men are equal,' he insisted in 1716—exactly sixty years before the Declaration of Independence." "Why did people keep speaking of equality while profiting from slaves?" "Following the strand of sugar and slavery leads directly into the tumult of the Age of Revolutions."

What is montagu's view of swift in the passage, and how does she use convey that point of view? use specific details from the passage, and how does she use sarcasm, satire, or irony to convey that point of view? use specific details from the passage to support your ideas.

What is the main effect produced by the repeated word pattern in the first two stanzas of the poem "your laughter"?

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.