Answer:
Held Up
Explanation: If we take each option and place it in the blank of the sentence, we can see which one makes the most sense.
A. The train was <em>held back</em> by a heavy snowfall.
B. The train was <em>held out </em>by a heavy snowfall.
C. The train was <em>held off </em>by a heavy snowfall.
D. The train was <u>held up</u> by a heavy snowfall.
When selecting quotations you should never change the meaning of the quotation by changing the context.
Answer:
Hurston's purpose in writing "How it Feels to be Colored like Me" is to assert her pride in being black. She pushes back against the idea, articulated by many of her black friends during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, that segregation and racial discrimination harmed the black soul and needed to be addressed.
Answer:
D. after sentence 5
Explanation:
Let us first examine the meaning of this misplaced sentence.
It provides us with information regarding Shamsul Maidin's awards and prizes. However it uses the word "also" which implies that his awards have already been introduced and that this only follows from that.
Since his awards and recognitions are first introduced in sentences (4) and (5), this means that this misplaced sentence should logically come after them.
