<span>being killed by falling into a hole
He says, "another step before my fall.." implying he would have fallen to his death had he taken another step forth</span>
The excerpt given above is taken from Phillis Wheatley's poem "On Being Brought from Africa to America". The word sable literally means color black. In this line, Wheatley uses the word "sable" to indicate sense of inferiority. The author is an African and their race color is different from the rest.
(sorry if im wrong)
D - 'Like a house that a child might have constructed from cards' is the best option to indicate what the word 'ramshackle' means.
Ramshackle means something in severe disrepair (example: an old, rusty car is a ramshackle car or this house). A house that a child constructed from cards is also thought to be not sturdy and in need of repair when it comes down.
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It’s the only verb on the sentence:)
