Read the excerpt from “Our Hero.” The town is setting up for the parade to welcome brave Bill Wilson home again. Along the town's main street, flags and balloons, like cheerful sparring partners, bob and weave, and Bill's big brother Joe directs a crowd of grade school boys and girls. They sweep the street and chatter with excitement about Bill. These lines provide the reader with implicit information that describes what a hero Bill Wilson is. implicit information that describes who Bill Wilson’s brother is. explicit information that describes where Bill Wilson has been. explicit information that describes how the town feels about Bill Wilson.

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ”go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival. what is one way that douglass achieves his purpose of persuading the reader to see his point of view? by relating as many facts and statistics to the reader as possibleby using familiar and casual language to make the reader feel comfortableby using gentle language to evoke a sense of calm and tranquilityby repeating the word “you” to directly relate to the reader