Read the excerpt from the declaration of sentiments. he has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice. he has withheld from her rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men—both natives and foreigners. what ideas are associated with the words compelled and withheld? doubt and confusion injustice and oppression courage and bravery praise and recognition

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme