Now, i have no means of totally disproving such charges as this which the judge makes. a man cannot prove a negative; but he has a right to claim, that when a man makes an affirmative charge, he must offer some proof to show the truth of what he says. i certainly cannot introduce testimony to show the negative about things, but i have a right to claim that if a man says he knows a thing, then he must show how he knows it. i always have a right to claim this, and it is not satisfactory to me that he may be “conscientious” on the subject. does the author use a consistent tone in the passage? no, the author switches from casual to formal diction. no, the author switches from subjective to condescending diction. yes, the author uses diction that is academic and formal. yes, the author uses diction that is lighthearted and informal. answer - c. ( just took the test)

Read the excerpt from elie wiesel’s all rivers run to the sea. why were those trains allowed to roll unhindered into poland? why were the tracks leading to birkenau never bombed? i have put these questions to american presidents and generals and to high-ranking soviet officers. since moscow and washington knew what the killers were doing in the death camps, why was nothing done at least to slow down their “production”? that not a single allied military aircraft ever tried to destroy the rail lines converging on auschwitz remains an outrageous enigma to me. birkenau was “processing” ten thousand jews a day. stopping a single convoy for a single night—or even for just a few hours—would have prolonged so many lives. based on the paragraph, the author would most likely agree that it is best to avoid confrontation at all costs. people need to be proactive when they witness an injustice. countries should remain neutral to keep alliances strong. moscow and washington are to be blamed for the holocaust.

Fill in the blank: modernism can be seen in movies with (choose the best answer a. a technological and scientific view b. a fantasy type twist c. an anti-consumerism slant d. a realistic and non-imaginative slant

Why did the author include the fact that 40,000 african americans participated in the bus boycott