Writing an Argumentative Essay about a Social Topic — Unit test

Question 6 • Language Arts 7 B (M12 25/26 S2)

Which statement from "The People Could Fly” reflects the historical fact that slaveholders and overseers treated enslaved people brutally?

Answer

“When they sat close before the fire in the free land, they told it. They did so love firelight and Free-dom, and tellin.”

“And they would walk up on the air like climbin up on a gate. And they flew like blackbirds over the fields. Black, shiny wings flappin against the blue up there.”

“There was a great outcryin. The bent backs straighted up. Old and young who were called slaves and could fly joined hands.”

“The Driver got his whip ready to curl around old Toby and tie him up. The slaveowner took his hip gun from its place.”

Explanation

The Driver prepares to whip old Toby and tie him up, while the slaveowner reaches for his gun. These threats show the violence and cruelty enslaved people faced from those who controlled them. Choice D, “The Driver got his whip ready to curl around old Toby and tie him up. The slaveowner took his hip gun from its place,” directly reflects that brutality.

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