Read the following quote from Ripe Figs and answer the question below. "Every day Babette danced out to where the fig trees were in a long line against the fence. She
walked slowly beneath them, carefully peering between the gnarled, spreading branches, But each
time she came disconsolate away again."
What is the connotative meaning of the phrase "Every day Babette danced out to where the fig.
trees were"? (RL4)
O Babette rushes to the trees with certainty that the higs have ripened.
O Babette is, in fact, a dancer and uses the trip to practice her routine.
o Babette is each day renewed in her optimism that the figs have ripened,
O Babette does not have much hope of seeing ripened figs,

79 one theme in stowe’s uncle tom’s cabin is a)circle of lifeb)true christianityc)american ideals and realityd)families destroyed by slavery

Iwill have sailed around the world by the end of next year. what is the verb form in the sentence? future perfect past emphatic present progressive past perfect

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ”go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival.what is one way that douglass achieves his purpose of persuading the reader to see his point of view? by relating as many facts and statistics to the reader as possibleby using familiar and casual language to make the reader feel comfortableby using gentle language to evoke a sense of calm and tranquilityby repeating the word “you” to directly relate to the reader