Phillis wheatley's poem "to his excellency, george washington" was obviously an ode to george washington, but what else might be her author's purpose in writing?

To encourage other countries to seek liberty and freedom.

Phillis Wheatley’s poem “To His Excellency General Washington” is as unique as the poet herself. The poem was sent to George Washington, the newly appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of North America, in October of 1775, well before American Independence was declared in 1776.

An antonym for "impertinence" in this excerpt is respect (B).

First of all, we need to establish what antonyms are: they are words of opposite meanings.

In this description, the character is annoyed by the eyes she perceives in the wallpaper's pattern; she thinks they are being rude because they keep staring at her. The meaning of impertinence, in this case, is insolence, effrontery. An antonym would therefore be respect.