I think your essay is wonderful! You said your opinion in your first paragraph, then stated why in the next ones. Also the big if is pretty cool. Keep on writing essays and lapses will be corrected. Try to proofread and check the spelling so that it will be better.
Answer:
A. Petra believes that often the teachers tell the students things that they do not believe themselves
Explanation:
According to the given quote, Petra believes that there is falsehood everywhere, both at home and in school, to the extent that children are lied to, or kept away from the truth.
Based on the quote, Petra is a teacher and she talks about being forced to tell lies to the children.
Answer:
Baldwin uses the word "spoils" to imply that racial prejudice has resulted in ruining the day of his father's funeral.
Explanation:
According to the excerpt from Notes from a Native Son, the narrator describes driving to the graveyard for his father's funeral and how the "spoils" of injustice, hatred and anarchy were all around them.
The best explanation for Baldwin choosing to describe the results of the race riot in Harlem with the word "spoils" is to imply that racial injustice ruined the day of his father's funeral.
A) submitted would be correct
What are you talking about, there are no “rhetorical devices”