Question

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Read the excerpt from Frederick Douglass’s speech “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” Go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the Old World, travel through South America, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival. Which of the following best describes Douglass’s word choice in this excerpt?
A. pleasant
B. clever
C. casual
D. lighthearted

Answer 1

Answer:

"Douglass’s word choice in this excerpt is clever.

Douglass’s experience of managing the team of oxen shows the unfair expectations masters can have of their slaves. Covey does not want to teach Douglass how to handle the oxen, and Douglass tries to do the task at great physical risk—but even then, Covey blames Douglass when things go wrong, and whips him for the accident.

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