In paragraph 3, Dr. King’s statement that the people of Montgomery “injected a new meaning into the veins of history and civilization” is an example of
1. A steady stream of cars and pedestrians jammed the streets around the Holt Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. By early evening a patient, orderly, and determined crowd of over 5,000 African Americans had packed the church and spilled
over onto the sidewalks. Loudspeakers had to be set up for the thousands who could not squeeze inside. After a brief prayer and a reading from the Scripture, all attention focused
on the twenty-six-year-old minister who was to address the gathering. “We are here this evening,” he began slowly, “for serious business. We are here in a general sense because first and foremost we are American citizens and we are determined to apply our citizenship to the fullness of its means.”
2. Rosa Parks, a seamstress and well-known activist in Montgomery’s African
American community, had been arrested and put in jail for refusing to give up her seat to
a white passenger. Montgomery’s black community had long endured the humiliation of a strictly segregated bus system. The day of the mass meeting, over 30,000 African Americans had answered a hastily organized call to boycott the city’s buses in protest of Parks’s arrest.
3. Even before the minister concluded his speech, it was clear to all present that the bus boycott would continue for more than just a day. By the time he finished his brief but stirring address, the minister had created a powerful sense of communion. “If we are
wrong, justice is a lie,” he told the clapping and shouting throng. “And we are determined here in Montgomery to work and fight until justice runs down like water and
righteousness like a mighty stream.” Historians would look back at Montgomery, he noted, and have to say, “ ‘There lived a race of people, black people, fleecy locks and black complexion, of people who had the moral courage to stand up for their rights.’ And thereby they injected a new meaning into the veins of history and civilization.”
4. The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., made his way out of the church amid waves of applause and rows of hands reaching out to touch him. His speech catapulted
him into leadership of the Montgomery bus boycott, and it also proved him to be a prophet.
a. a simile.
b. a metaphor.
c. an allusion.
d. personification.
d. personification.
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developed definitions, called a. long definitions. b. essay definitions. c. extended definitions. d. none of the above.
caramelo: _________________
Write the words or phrases that correspond.
Juan quiere tomar unos cursos de perfeccionamiento y habla con Linda sobre las posibilidades que existen. Completa la conversación usando el presente del subjuntivo o el infinitivo.
Juan Linda, ¿qué opinas de la idea de tomar un curso de perfeccionamiento? Linda Me parece buena idea tomar un curso para ___________________________ (1. estar) mejor capacitado a menos que tú ___________________________ (2. ser) el que tiene que pagar el curso. Normalmente la empresa paga los costos siempre y cuando los empleados ___________________________ (3. tomar) clases relacionadas con su trabajo. Juan Yo quiero tomar un curso sin ___________________________ (4. sacar) dinero de mi bolsillo, pero no sé quién me puede informar sobre cursos de perfeccionamiento. Linda Un amigo mío tomó unos cursos muy buenos por la noche el año pasado. Juan Prefiero tomar clases los fines de semana para ___________________________ (5. pasar) más tiempo con mi familia durante la semana. Con tal de que ___________________________ (6. haber) cursos durante el fin de semana no me molesta si son de tres o seis horas. Linda Pero, ¿qué quieres estudiar? Juan Todavía no lo he decidido. Pero antes de ___________________________ (7. tomar) la decisión, voy a hablar con nuestro jefe para que me ___________________________ (8. indicar) qué tipo de cursos tomar. A mí me da igual con tal de ___________________________ (9. poder) aprender algo nuevo y me doy cuenta de que no puedo decidir sobre los cursos por mí mismo sin que nadie me ___________________________ (10. ayudar). Linda Antes de que tú y tu jefe ___________________________ (11. sentarse) para hablar del tema, te sugiero que investigues la posibilidad de hacer un programa en tecnología para negocios. Juan Tienes razón. Voy a averiguar sobre un programa en tecnología. Y luego voy a hablar con el jefe. Prefiero no tomar clases a menos que la empresa me las ___________________________ (12. pagar). Linda Y en caso de que él te ___________________________ (13. decir) que no, no tires la toalla e insiste.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false