during our passage, i first saw flying fishes, which surprised me very much; they used frequently to fly across
the ship, and many of them fell on the deck. i also now first saw the use of the quadrant; i had often with
astonishment seen the mariners make observations with it, and i could not think what it meant. they at last
took notice of my surprise; and one of them, willing to increase it, as well as to gratify my curiosity, made me
one day look through it. the clouds appeared to me to be land, which disappeared as they passed along.
this heightened my wonder, and i was now more persuaded than ever, that i was in another world, and that
every thing about me was magic.
in at least 100 words, discuss how equiano's descriptions in this excerpt makes the other portions of the text that much
more affecting

But one hundred years later, the negro still is not free. one hundred years later, the life of the negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. one hundred years later, the negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. one hundred years later, the negro is still languishing in the corners of american society and finds himself an exile in his own land. so we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. in paragraph 3, which rhetorical technique is being used to add emphasis? a) overstatement b) understatement c) parallel structure d) rhetorical question

In washwoman who is telling the story

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?