Fredrick Douglass Review

The selection can best be identified as an autobiography because —

• it has a narrator describing real people

• it has historical figures in authentic settings

• it is told in first person about actual events

• it is told in third person with accurate facts

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Which of the following is the author's reason for writing it?

As many of these as I could, I converted into teachers. (paragraph 4)

• To illustrate how Douglass learned to read

• To show that his friends gave him hope that one day he would be free

• To explain that not having knowledge is sometimes better than having knowledge

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CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

“Have not I as good a right to be free as you have?” (paragraph 4)

Which of the following is the author's purpose for writing the above quote?

• To illustrate how Douglass learned to read

• To show that his friends gave him hope that one day he would be free

• To explain that not having knowledge is sometimes better than having knowledge

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

As I writhed under it, I would at times feel that learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing. (paragraph 6)

What is the author's purpose for writing the above quote?

• To illustrate how Douglass learned to read

• To show that his friends gave him hope that one day he would be free

• To explain that not having knowledge is sometimes better than having knowledge

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

In paragraph 2 of the selection, Douglass calls his mistress tigerlike to emphasize how —

• threatening she became when she decided to deny him an education

• confused she was about whether to hate or enjoy being a slave owner

• forceful she became when it came to caring for the hungry or needy

• angry she was when she noticed her husband mistreating the slaves

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read the sentence from paragraph 2.

My mistress was, as I have said, a kind and tender-hearted woman; and in the simplicity of her soul she commenced, when I first went to live with her, to treat me as she supposed one human being ought to treat another.

What is the antecedent for the pronoun she in this sentence?

• mistress

• simplicity

• soul

• human

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

In paragraph 2, the word commanded comes from a Latin root word that means to —

• explain

• entrust

• join

• rush

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which two sentences correctly use pronoun antecedents?

• The mistress made her decision and did not care what Douglass thought about it.

• The street children owned a lot of books and he kept it in good condition.

• The mistress helped everyone who was poor within their reach.

• When the mistress stopped teaching Douglass, she also acted harshly.

• He thanked the street children for helping them learn to read.

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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

In paragraph 4, the word converted comes from a Latin root word that means to

• speak

• study

• turn

• trick

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is the most likely reason the author includes paragraph 5 in the text?

• To suggest that a book gave him hope that someday he could be free

• To show that reading a book and debating its ideas would set him free

• To show that he was planning to run away soon from his master

• To suggest that he could talk with his master if he were well-read

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2