Read the passage from “The Adventure of the Speckled Band.”“And what do you think of it all, Watson?” asked Sherlock Holmes, leaning back in his chair.
“….if the lady is correct in saying that the flooring and walls are sound, and that the door, window, and chimney are impassable, then her sister must have been undoubtedly alone when she met her mysterious end.”
“What becomes, then, of these nocturnal whistles, and what of the very peculiar words of the dying woman?”
“I cannot think.”
”When you combine the ideas of whistles at night, the presence of a band of gypsies…the fact that we have every reason to believe that the doctor has an interest in preventing his stepdaughter’s marriage,…and, finally, the fact that Miss Helen Stoner heard a metallic clang…I think there is good ground to think that the mystery may be cleared along those lines.”

Which character serves as Sherlock Holmes’s confidante?




Watson



Miss Helen Stoner



Miss Stoner’s stepfather, a doctor



a gypsy

Friends and fellow citizens: I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote. It shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in thus voting, I not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised my citizen's rights, guaranteed to me and all United States citizens by the National Constitution, beyond the power of any state to deny.The preamble of the Federal Constitution says:
"We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people—women as well as men. And it is a downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican government—the ballot.

Question 1 of 5

Instructions:Select all the correct answers.
How does Susan B. Anthony argue that women are entitled to vote?
She states that the founding documents confer rights on all people, including women, and therefore women are entitled to vote.
She states that women who are born in the United States are automatically considered citizens and therefore have the right to vote.
She states that women already have rights, and they need the right to vote in order to protect these rights.
She states that if the Constitution can guarantee certain rights to racial and ethnic minorities, then it must give women of all races the right to vote.
She states that women have evolved since the time the Constitution was written, so they have earned more responsibility in governing the country.

Peter is writing an analytical essay on the novel The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy. At what stage of the writing process should he develop his thesis statement? prewriting, drafting, editing, revising

The following sentence from ���self-reliance��� is which type of figurative language? society is a joint-stock company a. description
b. synecdoche
c. metaphor
d. imagery

Which of the following is the clearest and most effective sentence? A. We love going to the library. B. Visiting such a grand building, full of books and ideas, is a hobby that we participate in with excitement. C. All of us procure great enjoyment from travel to the impressive building. D. The library is a place we are greatly enamored with, and we find it most enjoyable.

The word gotten is an example of _____. a barbarism British usage substandard English an Americanism

Read the sentence and then choose the correct word pair that defines where one clause ends and the other begins and that correctly identifies which side is the main clause and which side is the subordinate clause.The mosquitoes will be particularly bad this year because there has been so much rain.

Identify the subordinate clause.

(subordinate clause) because/there (main clause)
(subordinate clause) year/because (main clause)
(main clause) year/because (subordinate clause)
(main clause) because/there (subordinate clause)