Read the excerpt from "my heart is bursting."you, the commissioners, have come from afar to listen to our grievances. my heart is glad and i shall hide nothing from you. i understood that you were coming down to see us. i moved away from those disposed for war, and i also came along to see you. how does satanta’s humble tone affect the meaning of his speech? a. it causes those who are listening to wonder what motive satanta has for being so polite and genial. b. it assures those who are listening that satanta is speaking with honesty and has acted in good faith. c. it reminds those who are listening that they should appreciate how far satanta has traveled to meet with them. d. it reinforces for those who are listening that satanta is not afraid of war should he deem it necessary.

Which statement best explains the motivation for the narrator's mother to introduce her daughter to everyone they meet? from amy tan's "rules of the game."

Which words best describes the speakers?

He leaned his head against the wall; his eyes were shut, his hands clasped in each other, and his body seemed to be sustained in an upright position merely by the cellar-door against which he rested his left shoulder. the lethargy into which he was sunk seemed scarcely interrupted by my feeling his hand and his forehead. his throbbing temples and burning skin indicated a fever . . there was only one circumstance that hindered me from forming an immediate determination in what manner this person should be treated. my family consisted of my wife and a young child. our servant-maid had been seized, three days before, by the reigning malady, and, at her own request, had been conveyed to the hospital. we ourselves enjoyed good health, and were hopeful of escaping with our lives. our measures for this end had been cautiously taken and carefully adhered to. they did not consist in avoiding the receptacles of infection, for my office required me to go daily into the midst of them; nor in filling the house with the exhalations of gunpowder, vinegar, or tar. they consisted in cleanliness, reasonable exercise, and wholesome diet. who is the story’s first-person narrator