The nuns at school, on the other hand, insinuated that india had long outlived its glories, and that if we wanted to be educated, modern women, we’d better hit the trail westward. why does the author most likely use the phrase “hit the trail westward” in this excerpt?
a) to readers locate america in relation to calcutta

b)to contrast the idea of modern with the old west

c)to allude to the idea of the america dream

d)to allow readers a clear visual image of the direction her life would take.

But one hundred years later, the negro still is not free. one hundred years later, the life of the negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. one hundred years later, the negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. one hundred years later, the negro is still languishing in the corners of american society and finds himself an exile in his own land. so we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. in paragraph 3, which rhetorical technique is being used to add emphasis? a) overstatement b) understatement c) parallel structure d) rhetorical question

What does the word "weazen" mean. ♡

Which of the following lines from “the poetic interpretation of the twist” contains a simile?