Reread paragraph 1. How does the structure of the paragraph show the illogical reaction to Moses?
Re-read paragraph 12. identify the sentence fragments. What effect do these fragments have on the reader?
Re-read paragraph 12. how does the author compare Tubman's possible fate to that of the runaways?
Re-read paragraph 17. what effect does the use of the repeoted phrose, "would have to..." have on the
reader?
The passage..
“Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad” by Ann Petry
Paragraph 1 -
“Along the Eastern Shore of Maryland, in Dorchester County, in Caroline County, the masters kept hearing whispers about the man named Moses, who was running off slaves. At first they did not believe in his existence. The stories about him was so fantastic, unbelievable. Yet they watched for him. They offered rewards for his capture.”
Paragraph 12-
“But there were so many of them this time. She knew moments of doubt when she was half afraid, and kept looking back over her shoulder, imagining that she heard the sound of pursuit. They would certainly be pursued. Eleven of them. Eleven thousand dollars’ worth of flesh and bone and muscle that belong to the Maryland planters. If they were caught, the eleven runaways would be whipped and sold South, but she— she will be probably be hanged.”
Paragraph 17-
“ she turned away from the house, frowning. She had promised her passengers food and rest and warmth, and instead of that, there would be hunger and cold and more walking over the frozen ground. Somehow she would have to instill courage into these eleven people, most of them strangers, would have to feed them on hope and bright dreams of freedom instead of the fried pork and corn bread and milk she had promised them.”