"The speaker was very English on the subject, and

I learned that I belonged to an heroic band, and

all that sort of thing, with Abolitionism mixed in,

and so on."

How does this statement advance the author's

point of view?

It shows that Beecher does not truly care about

Abolitionism.

It presents Beecher as a modest and appealing

person.

It exposes Beecher's disdain for his English audience.

It reveals that Beecher is discouraged about the

slavery issue

Making an inference means filling in a text's missing information using context clues; drawing a conclusion means analyzing the story's ending. true or false? true false the inference statement is true, but the conclusion statement is false. the conclusion statement is true, but the inference statement is false.

Which of these can an adverbial clause modify?

With crack on crack of thunder, zeus let fly a bolt against the ship, a direct hit, so that she bucked, in reeking fumes of sulphur, and all the men were flung into the sea. they came up 'round the wreck, bobbing a while like petrels on the waves. no more seafaring homeward for these, no sweet day of return; the god had turned his face from them. –the odyssey, homer read the passage. then, identify the theme that is supported by the passage. most ships cannot survive a terrible thunderstorm. the ocean is an angry beast that will tame any who try to control it. the gods have the power to control human destiny. men are willing to die to eat the delicious cattle of the gods.