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:
The first paragraph describes different groups of Americans. The second paragraph discusses what unifies them.
Explanation:
Answer:
A, B and D aren't really that interesting. C is the best option!
The wind howled at night. Lighting danced across the sky
Answer:
The best transitions to complete the passage includes:
At first;
However;
In addition;
In the end;
Certainly
Explanation:
In “Lather and Nothing Else,” the barber faces the challenge of shaving the enemy, a cruel captain.
At first, he reflects on all the terrible things the captain has done. Then, he explains his internal conflict over whether to kill the captain when he has a chance.
However, he does not believe in murder.
In addition, he takes great pride in his work.
In the end, he controls his emotions and lets the captain live.
Certainly, overcoming his own emotions is his greatest challenge.
"Lather and Nothing Else" is a story by Hernando Tellez.
The story is about a revolutionary barber who has a customer called captain Torres. Captain Torres killed the barber's fellow revolutionaries in trying to suppress revolutionaries.
When captain Torres went to have a shave from the barber, the barber had an internal conflict of whether to revenge by killing the captain or not for all the terrible things the captain has done. But in the end, the barber controlled his emotions and let the captain live.
The passage is completed with conjunctive adverbs
