Calpurnia was something else again. she was all angles and bones; she was nearsighted; she squinted; her hand was wide as a bed slat and twice as hard. she was always ordering me out of the kitchen, asking me why i couldn't behave as well as jem when she knew he was older, and calling me home when i wasn't ready to come. our battles were epic and one-sided. calpurnia always won, mainly because atticus always took her side. she had been with us ever since jem was born, and i had felt her tyrannical presence as long as i could remember. pick three uses of figurative language in the excerpt above and explain what they mean and how they affect the reader's impression of calpurnia.

Iam for the "immediate, unconditional, and universal" enfranchisement of the black man, in ev [loud applause.] without this, his liberty is a mockery; without this, you might as well almost slavery for his condition; for in fact, if he is not the slave of the individual master, he is the slay liberty as a privilege, not as a right. he is at the mercy of the mob, and has no means of protec how does the repetition of the phrase "without this" support the paragraph's argument? it reinforces the idea that without equality in the us, the idea of a free society is a joke. it suggests that a free society is possible, with or without equal rights for all people. it indicates that douglass would be content without material possessions or status. it proposes that slavery will not be abolished in the us without the support of all citizens.

Make sure the topic of your persuasive essay is not a.something someone else is writing about b.a fact c.something you have written about before

Which statement best expresses a claim a.although many people believe homework is a crucial part of school, there is evidence to suggest that homework may not be as valuable as once thoughtb.the amount of homework given by some high school teachers is insane and actually has negative effects on other important aspects of a student's life c.i would have so much more time to do the extracurricular activities and hobbies i enjoy if i did not have to spend most of my evenings doing homework d.some schools have adopted homework policies that limit the amount of homework that teachers are allowed to assign their students each night