Read the excerpt from “The Most Famous Woman in America.”


Highlight the word that best shows the meaning of lecturing.


"To get more help for the sick and the wounded soldiers. She is devoting all her time and energy to this. She has spoken in all the large cities in the East, and she is still lecturing to large crowds. The nurse shook her head. How can she be a good speaker if she's so bashful?" " Her relatives say she forgets herself when she begins to talk about the need of soldiers. She becomes another person with the courage to face any audience anywhere."




word choices: all her time and energy, lecturing to large crowds, She becomes another person