8B Review

Simile, metaphor, and hyperbole are all examples of __________ _________.

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8.9D

“The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.”

What word is a synonym for the word roused?

• suppressed

• calmed

• excited

• awakened

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8.9A

"That very discontentment which Master Hugh had predicted would follow my learning to read had already come, to torment and sting my soul to unutterable anguish. As I writhed under it, I would at times feel that learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing. It had given me a view of my wretched condition, without the remedy."

What is Douglass' view of learning to read?

• That is a blessing and he is celebrating his new knowledge.

• That it has become a burden to his master and mistress.

• That it should have been done much earlier and he feels he has wasted time.

• That it has become a curse and he now knows more than he wants to know.

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8.9F

8.6C

“I have sometimes thought that the mere hearing of those songs would do more to impress some minds with the horrible character of slavery, than the reading of whole volumes of philosophy on the subject could do."

What is Douglass' purpose in including this passage?

• To emphasize the power of music in conveying the horrors of slavery.
• To highlight the importance of reading philosophy on the subject of slavery.
• To argue that philosophy is more effective than music in conveying the horrors of slavery.
• To suggest that music is irrelevant in understanding the character of slavery.

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8.9F

“You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.”

What can you infer that Douglass meant with the last part of this passage?

• Douglass meant that he would show how a person who was once enslaved could become a slave owner.

• Douglass meant that he would show how a person who was once enslaved could never obtain their freedom.

• Douglass meant that he would show how a person who was once enslaved could regain their freedom.

• Douglass meant that he would show how a person who was once enslaved could become a slave trader.

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8.9F

“They love the heathen on the other side of the globe. They can pray for him, pay money to have the Bible put into his hand, and missionaries to instruct him; while they despise and totally neglect the heathen at their own doors. Such is, very briefly, my view of the religion of this land.”

What is the meaning of the word heathen in this passage?

• Skeptics or doubters
• Atheists or agnostics
• Non-believers or non-Christians
• Foreigners or immigrants

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8.2B

“The hearth is desolate. The children, the unconscious children, who once sang and danced in her presence, are gone. She gropes her way, in the darkness of age, for a drink of water. Instead of the voices of her children, she hears by day the moans of the dove, and by night the screams of the hideous owl."

Why does Douglass describe the last years of life for his grandmother this way?

• To convey the sense of loss and loneliness she experiences after being abandoned in the woods to live out her life.

• To highlight the beauty of nature of the woods where she lives in contrast to her desolation.

• To emphasize the importance of family and the children she raised.

• To illustrate the harsh realities of aging and death.

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8.9A

“It was a glorious resurrection, from the tomb of slavery, to the heaven of freedom.”

This what type of figurative language?

• simile
• personification
• hyperbole
• metaphor

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8.9D

8.9F

“It was a glorious resurrection, from the tomb of slavery, to the heaven of freedom.”

Explain what Douglass meant with this metaphor. Include what two things he was comparing and what he intended the reader to understand about how he felt.

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8.9F

8.9D

8.6C