For this project, you will explore the ideals and culture of a poem from the period between 1900 – 1945. the poem should provide insight into the issues of the time. use the method described above and questions from this lesson to write a 500-word explication essay about your selected poem. neatly type the poem and then type your final draft of your explication. apply the conventional standards of english and make effective choices concerning meaning and style. write and edit your document so that it conforms to the traditional guidelines and conventional style.

Question 1 (1 point) five score years ago, a great american, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the emancipation proclamation. this momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. it came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. but one hundred years later, the negro still is not free. one hundred years later, the life of the negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. one hundred years later, the negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. one hundred years later, the negro is still languished in the corners of american society and finds himself an exile in his own land. and so we’ve come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. in the first paragraph of this passage, which literary technique does mlk use? question 1 options: a. this is an example of personification because it compares segregation to being in chains. b. this is an example of hyperbole because it gives it gives human characteristics to segregation. c. this is an example of allusion because it references the language used in the emancipation proclamation, which freed slaves in 1863, 100 years before this speech was presented. d. this is an example of onomatopoeia because he uses the words seared and withering to describe the injustices experienced by african americans.

How did the magna carta affect the power of the english king? a) it closely linked the king's power to the power of the nobles. b) it weakened the king's power. c) it strengthened the king's power. d) it had no effect on the king's power.

Plz ive been stuck on this question forever. in 1753 george washington was sent on a mission to a. build a fort at the point where the allegheny and monongahela rivers form the ohio river. b. attack the french at fort duquesne. c. attack the french at fort neccessity. d. deliver a message to the french demanding that they leave the ohio river.