6.01 Introduction: Powerful Language Assignment Name: Valerie Jane H. Harwart Date: January 11‚ 2013 Read Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass on pages 174-183 of your text. Choose a quote that exhibits the use of powerful language and has a strong effect on you as the reader. Copy the quote in the box below. Then‚ list 5-6 powerful words or phrases from the quote. Explain in 2-3 high school level sentences what the quote means. Lastly‚ explain the effect the quote and powerful words
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On Monday July 5th‚ 1852‚ Frederick Douglass captivated his audience at Corinthian Hall in Rochester‚ New York with one of the most powerful antislavery orations ever delivered‚ “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”1 As an African American and former slave himself‚ Douglass was a crucial component to the Civil Rights movement and the abolishment of slavery. His concern for equal rights sprouted as early as twelve years old‚ often listening to debates among free blacks in Baltimore‚ as well as
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In nineteenth century America a lot was changing‚ for example the civil war that broke out in 1860 and the divide of Northern and Southern part of America over slavery. The South wanted to keep the slaves and the North wanted slavery abolished. The South seceded and the civil war began for the abolishment of slavery. After the Civil War‚ the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified in 1868‚ which gave citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws. And the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified in 1870‚
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Those classified in the second category are usually autobiographical and they are considered the most literary writings by nineteenth-century African Americans. Two most famous of such works are Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ an American Slave (1845) by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) and Incidents in
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you weren’t a slave yourself. Frederick Douglass is a runaway slave‚ he escaped slavery in 1838. He wrote his autobiography‚ Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ an American Slave‚ in the 1844 and was published spring of 1845. In the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ an American Slave‚ he explained his life a slave and other encountered and of course everything he had witnessed while being a slave‚ also how slavery impacted the south. Frederick Douglass was born a slave in
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Fredrick Douglass and David Crockett Frederick Douglass and David Crockett were both brought up in completely different circumstances and had completely different paths in life; however they both shared common beliefs‚ values and experiences. Frederick Douglass was born a slave in the state of Maryland‚ and eventually escaped slavery in the year 1938. Douglass was a strong believer in the equality of all people. He was often quoted saying "I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody
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Source Textual Evidence Word for word from the text with quotations Commentary Why did you choose this quote? How does it describe hero? Citation Where did this quote come from? “A Man” “From that moment on‚ he set himself to do everything with twice as much enthusiasm.” I chose this quote because a hero never gives up and a hero is always optimistic. (SpringBoard 56). "A Soldier home after loosing his leg in Afghanistan" “I didn’t do anything special‚ but if the progress I have made motivates
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independence was described by Frederick Douglass as ”bombast fraud.” through the use of rhetorical questions‚ emotional appeals and visual imagery Douglass hammered to expose to his audience the hypocrisy of their celebrations. Angered by the persistence of slavery (Woodbridge Commentary)‚ Douglass denounced the hypocrisy he saw in American society‚ represented forcefully by The Fourth of July‚ at the 76th anniversary of The Declaration of Independence (Frederick Douglass). Standing before a gathering
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themselves. Fredrick Douglass and Malcom X are classic examples of famous writers who struggled with both reading and writing. I would like to focus on one of the main reasons for their success‚ which was being self-motivated‚ which is a key element. Frederick Douglass was a run away slave in Maryland when he was about twenty-one. He was a very smart‚ friendly man who desired to read and write. It wasn’t easy for him but with his dedication he made it happen. Douglass being a slave in Masters Hugh’s house
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Fredrick would say; “Without a struggle‚ there can be no progress.” Frederick Douglass was born a slave on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1818.Frederick Douglass hardly knew his mother because he was a slave and he even knew less about his father . While he was growing up as a slave his master would starve him to the point in order to survive he would have to fight for scraps of food such as bones and meat fat. This began Fredericks’ life as a slave. He suffered all the deprivations of his fellow
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