You can tell from her (accent/ascent/assent) that she is from Texas.

The men were (all ready/already) exhausted from the battle.

Colonel Travis ordered his troops to (cease/seize) firing

The hopelessness of the situation does not (distract/detract) from the Texans' bravery.

By the end of the battle, hundreds lay (deceased diseased) on the ground.

Santa Anna's army used ladders in their (accent/ascent/assent) of the Alamo's walls.

The Mexican general tried to illicit/elicit) a surrender from the defenders.

The reinforcements arrived (latter/later) than expected.

The soldiers were (all ready/already) for the attack.

Travis worried about the civilians in the Alamo, but they did not (distract/defract) him from his goal.

Santa Anna's army tried to (cease/seize) the Alamo by force.​