He tells the ending of the story first, and then explains how it happened so that the reader knows the emotions colonel Owens feels after their escape.
Explanation: Charles Chesnutt gives a general idea of how the characters end up at the beginning of the story so that the reader is aware of where is everything leading up to. He then tells the journey of the Colonel's son and the slave he saved; Grandison, since he looked trustworthy to the Colonel. After a series of events, the author chooses to finally reveal how unfortunate the Colonel feels after catching a glimpse of Grandison and his family escaping on a boat.
The correct answer would be A
The main idea of the excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address is:
The Southern states had no reason to worry for their personal freedom and well being.
<h3>Who was Abraham Lincoln?</h3>
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865, when he was murdered.
The chosen option is the correct one because in the excerpt Lincoln explains how there were not reasons for the Southern states to fear for democracy.
I was able to find online the excerpt of Lincoln's First Inaugural Address and the options to choose from:
- The Southern states openly flouted and defied the laws of the Constitution of the United States.
- The Southern states were threatened by Lincoln’s fondness for the Northern states.
- The Southern states’ authority was dwarfed by the emerging Northern states of the Union.
- The Southern states handled their personal affairs of state in an immoral and unethical way.
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