The author seems to enjoy using alliteration – a literary device where the author repeats the same sound at the beginning of several words. An example from this section is “. . .ladies like dogs on leashes. . .” Using your imagination, create your own examples of alliteration from the following topics. Each example must contain a minimum of three words.

1. The whinny of a pony

2. The sound of someone eating an apple

3. From your imagination

the emancipation proclamation was the aim of the war change to include the freeing of slaves in addition to preserving the union. the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery in the u.s. was passed on december 6th 1865.

as promised, lincoln waited to unveil the proclamation until he could do so with success from the union military advance. on september 22nd 1862, after a victory at antietam, he publicly announced a preliminary emancipation proclamation, declaring all slaves free in the rebellious states as of january 1st 1863.

william mckinley

ulysses s. grant

benjamin harrison

by the way what grade r u in k12?