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taapeters
21.07.2020 • 
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HELP ASAP PLZ! Read this passage from Susan B. Anthony's "Speech After Being Convicted of
Voting":
It shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in thus
doing, I not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply
exercised my citizen's rights, guaranteed to me and all
United States citizens by the National Constitution, beyond
the power of any State to deny.
What does Anthony hope to achieve by placing this paragraph at the
beginning of her speech?
A. She hopes to gain her audience's trust by being honest with them
about her intentions.
B. She hopes to make her audience cry by getting them to feel sorry
for her.
C. She hopes to make her audience confused by mixing up her ideas.
D. She hopes to frighten her audience with her strong opinions.

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