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.