Read the sentence from paragraph 3 of “I Have a Dream” and answer the question.

One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land.

What is the meaning of languishing as it is used in this sentence?

escaping
ailing
suffering
challenging

Select all the correct answers. which sentences contain an adverb clause? darla set up a studio because she enjoyed painting. as aaron was having a midnight snack, he heard a loud noise coming from the basement. the entire town was searching for the girl with the red hair. they listened to what he had to say but disagreed with him in the end.

Although william carlos williams rejected traditional verse forms he still believed that is was important to use poetic devices to distinguish verse from prose.

Which of these excerpts is most clearly an example of narrative poetry? a. “in xanadu did kubla khan/a stately pleasure dome decree…” b. “and all that’s best of dark and bright/meet in her aspect and her eyes…” c. “who can contemplate fame through clouds unfold/the star which rises…” d. “one shade the more, one ray the less/had half impaired the nameless grace…”