Words clause and brought have similar spelling: clause is spelled 'klawz', and brought is spelled 'brawt'. So, both are spelled with 'aw'. On the other hand, their meaning is different. Also, clause is a noun while brought is a verb. A clause is a syntactic construction that forms part of a sentence or is a whole simple sentence. Brought is simple past tense and past participle of 'bring'.
<span>In The Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, the very first time Covey decided to beat Douglass it was because Douglass had let the oxen go free. Covey sent Douglass to get firewood but did not send him with oxen who were broken in to pull the cart. Douglass was doomed to fail and was later beat by Covey.</span>
Answer:
Based on the words used to characterize Karim in this excerpt, what the author reveals about him is
2. Karim used to make carpets.
3. Karim is older than the other children.
4. Karim is bigger than the other children.
Explanation:
It says that his fingers have grown too much to keep on doing the delicate work he did in the past, that demonstrates point 2, at the end of the excerpt Karim is not mention as part of the kids which gives us the ides of the information in points 3 and 4.