Q Search idest possible Distance Test (2021 8th Grade ELA)
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1. "My master was one of this rare sort. I do not know of one single noble act ever performed by
him. The leading trait in his character was meanness; and if there were any other element in his
nature, it was made subject to this. He was mean; and, like most other mean men, he lacked
the ability to conceal his meanness. Captain Auld was not born a slaveholder. He had been a
poor man, master only of a Bay craft. He came into possession of all his slaves by marriage; and
of all men, adopted slave-holders are the worst. He was cruel, but cowardly. He commanded
without firmness."
According to the text, what made Mr. Auld different from most slaveholders? * m
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He wasn't born a slaveholder, and only became one because of marriage.
He was kind to the slaves.
His religion caused him to have empathy toward the slaves.
He was mean to the slaves.

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.