Exam 6: Illustrating

Answer the following questions about the essay. -When police arrived at Terrence Crutcher's vehicle, Crutcher was unarmed and not a source of imminent ______________.

Read the following paragraphs and answer the questions after each paragraph. She was the first wife of any president to hold press conferences, to speak before a national Party Convention, to write a syndicated column (it appeared in 135 papers six times a week), to be a radio commentator. She was able to use the office of the First Lady on behalf of the causes she believed in, rather than let it use her, and in so doing she became, in the words of the columnist Raymond Clapper, the "most influential woman of our times." Doris Kearns Goodwin (about Eleanor Roosevelt) -How are the examples in the paragraph arranged?

Answer the following questions about the essay. -The famous phrase _______________________________ rolls off the average American tongue with ease, and represents the universal freedom to make a plan for one's life.

What is the purpose of illustrating?

Answer the following questions about the essay. -The narrator indicates that she could find humor in the English language but her mother couldn't. Why do you think this is so?

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -I earn a salary adequate to buy me surface level credibility in the eyes of American society.

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -How does Lebron propose black Americans ought to plan for their lives?