Frederick Douglas

What does jargon mean as used in paragraph 2?

• an accented language

• a magical Language

• a specialized language

• an ancient language

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Read the following quote from paragraph 1.

While on their way, they would make the dense old woods, for miles around, reverberate with their wild songs, revealing at once the highest joy and deepest sadness.

Which two words are closest in meaning to the word reverberate?

• dampen and echo

• imitate and resound

• echo and resound

• echo and imitate

• dampen and resound

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Read the quote from paragraph 3.

They told a tale of woe which was then altogether beyond my feeble comprehension; they were tones loud, long, and deep; they breathed the prayer and complaint of souls boiling over with the bitterest anguish.

What is the meaning of the phrase souls boiling over with the bitterest anguish?

• There was not a way for the slaves to share their feelings with others.

• There was so much anguish that the slaves could not hold it inside

• The anguish of the slaves made them feel poorly to the point of illness.

• The anguish of the slaves made others feel guilty for their treatment.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of these is an example of figurative language?

• Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy.

• The singing of a man cast away upon a desolate island might be as appropriately considered as evidence of contentment and happiness, as the singing of a slave.

• songs of the one and of the other are prompted by the same emotion.

• to find persons who could speak of the singing, among slaves, as evidence of their contentment and happiness.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read the quote from paragraph 1.

They would compose and sing as they went along, consulting neither time nor tune.

Which two words mean the same as compose as it is used in the sentence?

• create and breathe

• write and control

• write and restrain

• create and write

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

What is the meaning of the word plantation in paragraph 3?

• private garden

• busy store

• crowded prison

• large farm

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Read paragraph 3.

The hearing of those wild notes always depressed my spirit, and filled me with ineffable sadness.

What is a synonym for ineffable?

• indescribable

• defineable

• describeable

• speakable

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

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CCSS.RI.7.4

Which is an example of Figurative language?

• "Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy"

• "such my experience"

• "songs of the one and of the other are prompted by the same emotion."

• "he is relieved by them, only has a aching heart is relieved by tears."

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

Read the following excerpt from paragraph 3.

Those songs still follow me, to deepen my hatred of slavery, and quicken my sympathies for my brethren in bonds.

Which two words which mean the same as quicken as it is used in the sentence.

• strengthen and accelerate

• strengthen and reinforce

• hasten and reinforce

• accelerate and reinforce

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

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CCSS.RL.5.1

Read Paragraph 1.

They would sometimes sing the most pathetic sentiment in the most rapturous tone, and the most rapturous sentiment in the most pathetic tone.

What is the meaning of the word rapturous as it is used in this sentence?

• delightful

• angry

• worried

• loud

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.7.4