Plz someone read the excerpt from we shall not be moved. esther lobetkin, a recent immigrant, became chairman of her yiddish-speaking group, marching with the strikers by day, then rushing to clinton hall to report and attend meetings until the small hours of the morning. a sandwich at midnight and an hour of sleep were all she seemed to need. although she was arrested time and again, she never failed to yell from the back of the patrol wagon, "do not lose courage! we'll win yet! " which best states the author’s purpose for naming and describing esther lobetkin in the text? a. to challenge ideas about a historical person b. to bring a person from history to life c. to connect the past to the present d. to show what it was like to work in a factory

This excerpt is taken from the book “We Shall Not Be Moved : The Women’s Factory Strike of 1909 “ and is written by Joan Dash. It is the story of the great strike when almost 30thousand women working in factories in America formed a union to fight unsafe working conditions, long working hours and miserable wages.

Question: Which best states the author’s purpose for naming and describing Esther Lobetkin in the text?

B. to bring a person from history to life

B

Explanation:

yes

explanation:

the price of our current war is high; it costs money and it costs lives.

but it does not cost our pride. it does not cost the guilt that would arise from knowing that we did nothing to intervene while our neighboring nations fell to despotic leaders.

it does not cost the terror of knowing that our allies are unstable. it does not cost the fear that we, too, will be next to fall.

which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of the parallel structure is effective in this passage?

a. it underscores that disagreement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly.

b. it makes the speaker seem like a decisive and capable leader.

c. it emphasizes reasons to fight and inspires listeners to aid the war effort.

d. it establishes the speaker's credibility by acknowledging the difficulties of war.