Do 2. Written/Oral Response Question: Read the excerpt. How does the author attempt to convince the reader?

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I was amazed by how well the students had been trained at group discussion, using a talking and

listening method they call "Step Up/Step Back." "Let me build on what Shazzarda was saying..." one

student would say. If a member of the group had been silent for a few minutes, somebody would pull

her in: "Maybe Essence is the best person to explain that..." I was struck by their kindness toward

one another. Most of the time character is not an individual accomplishment. It emerges through

joined hearts and souls, and in groups.

Read the excerpt from loom and spindle. but in a short time the prejudice against factory labor wore away, and the lowell mills became filled with blooming and energetic new england women. . they soon began to associate with those who formed the community in which they had come to live, and were invited to their houses. they went to the same church, and sometimes married into some of the best families. or if they returned to their secluded homes again, instead of being looked down upon as "factory girls" by the squire's or the lawyer's family, they were more often welcomed as coming from the metropolis, bringing new fashions, new books, and new ideas with them. what inference can be drawn about the time period of the excerpt? a. the changing workforce transformed society’s rules. b. factories improved local economies with new products. c. women with factory experience found other jobs easily. d. married women preferred factory work to homemaking.