For my people 1. Review and Clarify With your group, reread stanza 4 (lines 17-22) of "For My People." Discuss what
the speaker claims African American children learned in school. Why does the speaker refer to "the
reasons why and the answers to and the people who and the places where and the days when," rather
than provide specific examples of people, places, and events?
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In the context of the passage, what does the word torpid mean? b. predatory a. energetic c. dormant d. aquatic

What a literary critic determine a story's complex theme? oa. the public's reaction to the storyob. the number of characters in a storyoc. the order of events within the storyod. the specific details within the storysurmit

Which line from the story of my life by helen keller is an example of a simile? during the whole trip i did not have one fit of temper, there were so many things to keep my mind and fingers busy. i was like that ship before my education began, only i was without compass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing how near the harbour was. one day, while i was playing with my new doll, miss sullivan put my big rag doll into my lap also, spelled "d-o-l-l" and tried to make me understand that "d-o-l-l" applied to both. child as i was, i at once felt the tenderness and sympathy which endeared dr. bell to so many hearts, as his wonderful achievements enlist their admiration.