Read this excerpt from chapter 7, the narrative of the life of frederick douglass and answer the question. in this way i got a good many lessons in writing, which it is quite possible i should never have gotten in any other way. during this time, my copy-book was the board fence, brick wall, and pavement; my pen and ink was a lump of chalk. with these, i learned mainly to write. which of the following is/are contextual clues that you determine the implicit meaning(s) above? select all that apply. a. schools used fences, bricks, and pavement. b. comparisons of school items with his poor substitutes. c. saying “i learned mainly to write.” d. the “lump of chalk” was used in school.

B. C.

Explanation: In this excerpt from Chapter 7, of "The Narrative of the Life", by Frederick Douglass, the contextual clues that helped me to determine the implicit meaning(s) above are comparisons of school items with his poor substitutes and Saying "I learned mainly to write".

Frederick Douglass was the son of a slave at Great House Farm. He is selected to live in Baltimore with the overseer's son-in-law brother. His mistress was a very kind an tender woman, and she instructed him till her husband forbid her to do so. Then, as he was an eager learner, when he went on errands he used to take a piece of bread to offer his little neighbors to teach him to write. He learned watching carpenters writing in wood, and as he learned in the street, this is why the brick wall and the pavement were his copy-book and his school items.

that is the way of a cheater and cheaters get nothing but bad grades and in trouble.

the price of our current war is high; it costs money and it costs lives.

but it does not cost our pride. it does not cost the guilt that would arise from knowing that we did nothing to intervene while our neighboring nations fell to despotic leaders.

it does not cost the terror of knowing that our allies are unstable. it does not cost the fear that we, too, will be next to fall.

which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of the parallel structure is effective in this passage?

a. it underscores that disagreement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly.

b. it makes the speaker seem like a decisive and capable leader.

c. it emphasizes reasons to fight and inspires listeners to aid the war effort.

d. it establishes the speaker's credibility by acknowledging the difficulties of war.