Read this sentence from the article. Imagine inching over a yawning black hole on a crude ladder.

How would the effect of this sentence be different if the author had used the
word going instead of inching?

A. It would make the act seem less fun.

B. It would make the act seem more difficult.

C. It would make the act seem less terrifying.

D. It would make the act seem more dangerous.

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.