Which claim do both passages support?
Abolitionists used powerful speeches and presentations
to engage people and persuade them to join the
abolitionists' cause.
People objected to the cruelty of involuntary servitude,
but King George III had economic reasons for ending the
trading of enslaved people.
Most people in England did not care whether thousands
of enslaved people suffered as long as sugar remained
plentiful.
The abolitionists' tremendous efforts showed that
making moral arguments to support political movements
were not successful.

The purpose of an informative essay is to express personal feelings about a topic. describe events from a certain point of view. instruct the reader about a topic. express and defend an opinion.

Reading the passage from the devil and tom walker which of the following words describe there relationship? untrusting confidential conflicted hateful

Read this excerpt from "the all-american slurp." i pulled the strings out of my stalk. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. my brother followed suit. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. to my left, my parents were taking care of their own stalks. z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. suddenly i realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping. looking up, i saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family. mr. and mrs. gleason, their daughter meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the badels—they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery. what story element does the author develop in this excerpt? a) lot details about the party b) characterization of the lins c) characterization of the gleasons d) setting details about the gleasons’ house