Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march.

almost everyone knew that, card-carrying members or not, the klan literally got away with murder, with the tacit permission and sometimes encouragement of connor. and there were lots of klansmen in town to carry out these despicable crimes: most of the 11,000 members of the kkk in alabama lived in the birmingham area.

how does this excerpt readers make a connection to world events?

by offering statistics about the population of birmingham
by offering opinions about the frustrations of law-abiding citizens
by offering details about southern resistance to civil rights
by offering facts about a black family’s struggle to survive

Which sentence from the story best illustrates how jeannette feels about her family’s choice of vacation?

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

Which of the following best describes a writing style authors use to convey a satirical tone?