Friends and Fellow-citizens: I stand before you to-night, under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last Presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote. It shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in thus voting, I not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised my citizen's right, guaranteed to me and all United States citizens by the National Constitution, beyond the power of any State to deny. —Susan B. Anthony, 1873

The passage above is an address by Susan B. Anthony in 1873. What is she speaking of?
A.
the rights of African Americans to vote in the United States
B.
the rights of immigrants to vote in the United States
C.
the rights of women to vote in the United States
D.
the rights of women to run for political office in the U. S.

Use the drop-down menus to identify each underlined verb form as a participle, gerund, or infinitive. 1.(climbing) a rope is not as difficult as you might think. gerund 2.i plan (to compete) in a chess tournament this weekend. infinitive 3.kali loves the smell of (roasting) garlic. participle

“tell me o swan, your ancient tale” by kabir “the swan” by rilke “spanish dancer” by rilke “your laughter” by pablo neruda “birthplace” by shaffarzadeh “it’s this way” by nazim hikmet “counting small-boned bodies” by robert bly choose two poems that you would like to write about. analyze each poem. study the perspective, or point of view, of the speaker in each of the two poems that you select for this assignment. consider these questions: who is the speaker in each of these poems? what is the speaker’s tone? is there a conflict? is there a message? what does each of the poems have in common? what is different about each of the poems? which literary devices are used in the poems? are these literary devices found in both of the poems? what does the speaker hope to achieve in each of the poems? how are these achievements/goals been met? directions: using the two poems of your choosing, write a clear, concise, two hundred and fifty word essay that compares and contrasts the two poems. make sure you include at least two of the following to support your thesis: tone, point of view, literary devices, and meter.

Read the sentence from last lecture by randy pausch. all right, so what we’re not talking about today, we are not talking about cancer, because i spent a lot of time talking about that and i’m really not interested. pausch tells his audience this because he wants them to know that