Read the excerpt below from "We Shall Overcome: The Need for Change" and answer the question. Southern blacks who resisted segregation, particularly those in rural areas, lived in constant fear--fear of their
employers, who vowed to fire them; fear of white "citizens' councils," who adopted policies of economic
reprisal against demonstrators; and fear of white vigilante groups like the Ku Klux Klan, who exerted an often-
unchecked reign of terror across the South...
What is the best definition you can infer for the word "segregation" from the excerpt above?
coming apart
enforced separation
detachment
all of the above

a compare and contrast essay is a piece of formal writing in which the author focus on the similarities between two ideas, objects, places, etc., and the differences between them. there are some aspects that the author should take into account when he/she is crafting the essay. first, the author has a clear idea of the effect that he/she wants to produce on the audience (a purpose). his/her main idea should be presented in the thesis statement in a simple but effective way which gives the audience a clear idea of the content and the direction of the essay. in addition, it is also important to focus to the similarities and differences that not only are interesting and relevant to the reader but also provide a new, impressive point of view or deeper understanding of a topic.

the answer is d)to persuade the troops that she is a capable commander