"What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" Review

From whose point of view does Douglass speak?

• his own

• the U. S. government’s

• a slave’s

• a slave owner’s

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CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Which device does Douglass NOT use in his speech?

• repetition

• rhetorical questions

• rhythm

• rhyme

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the irony that Douglass mentions in his speech?

• Slaves are in bondage in a nation that was founded on freedom

• Slaves are strong in body but made weak by not being free.

• Slaves are adults treated like children.

• The nation’s greatness is founded on treating others poorly.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

“Must I argue the wrongfulness of slavery?” is an example of...

• a biased remark

• a factual claim

• a rhetorical question

• a counterargument

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

Douglass’s statement that “the character and conduct of this nation never looked blacker to me than on this Fourth of July” is...

• a commonplace assertion

• an opinion

• a factual claim

• a counterargument

Douglass believes the country’s treatment of African Americans is...

• shameful

• religious

• truthful

• thoughtful

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Why does Douglass call the celebration of July 4th a “sham”?

• The colonies had to fight to win their freedom from the British.

• The nation celebrates its freedom at a time when many people have no freedom

• The nation is based on Christian principles.

• The manhood of slaves is not contested.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Douglass states that since African Americans do not enjoy the same freedoms as white Americans...

• there should be no celebration of the Fourth of July

• slaves should be given their freedom by the government

• he cannot celebrate the Fourth of July

• all Americans should speak out on the Fourth of July

Douglass uses a large number of rhetorical questions to...

• get answers to his many questions

• make his listeners feel sorry

• suggest that the answers are obvious

• get his listeners to take action

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Douglass’s statement that “there is not a man beneath the canopy of heaven that does not know that slavery is wrong for him” is...

• a commonplace assertion

• an opinion

• a factual claim

• a counterargument