Brooke is writing a literary analysis of “to build a fire” and its connection to the time period it depicts. which is the best topic sentence for her essay?
jack london must be a true animal activist given the way he lovingly writes about dogs.
jack london writes vivid descriptive passages that accurately describe the period in which he lived.
jack london’s story “to build a fire” readers understand the harsh natural elements faced by prospectors in the early 1900s.
jack london’s story “to build a fire” readers appreciate modern conveniences such as waterproof clothing and cell phones.

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ” go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival. which phrase best describes the connotation of the word “reigns”? a sense of opportunity and growth a sense of fear and anxiety a sense of compassion and humanity a sense of oppression and domination