Using numerous figurative language in his text, Douglass elicits a deep sense of emotional connection to his readers. Example of such figurative language is the personification and metaphor in the text.

Thesis: In order to show the cruelty, cynicism, and meanness of slavers Douglass appeals to emotional imagery, wide range of figurative language such as metaphors, metonymy, personification, epithets, simile, repetitions, and irony, and anecdotes.

How does Douglass use figurative language in this paragraph to convey his emotions? He used figurative language because he used a simile to compare his feelings “I suppose I felt as one may imagine the unarmed mariner to feel when he is rescued by a friendly man-of-war from the pursuit of a pirate.”

These devices include imagery, point-of-view, and dichotomy. Douglass uses vivid imagery to convey to his audience the reality of the life of a slave. He doesn’t just state that slaves were whipped: he describes it using sensory details so that readers can feel the pain and humiliation of the slave.

Douglass uses imagery in this story of his quest for freedom, to depict in our minds and hearts these cruel and ungodly wrongs of slavery. The fact that Douglass describes it so vividly and emotionally starts to draw the reader into knowing the anguish of slavery

why does Douglass viewhis invitation to speak on the Fourth of July as an act of tokenism? -He views it this way because he probably does not believe anything will change. It looks like they want to eliminate slavery, but nobody will actually work to do it.

Douglass makes a convincing argument due to his well-written, logical account. He uses sophisticated vocabulary along with specific, verifiable names and geographic locations. He writes fairly and gives credit where it is due in order to avoid accusations of unjust bias.

Douglass establishes his credibility by reminding his audience what he has in common with them [citizenship] and what he has in common with enslaved African Americans [He was once enslaved]. The questions serve to establish a bond with the audience by expressing shared ideals.

How does Douglass use word choice to show his credibility? His literary references show how educated he is, but also help him prove his point in what he believes. His word choices show how passionate and serious he is about the subject matter.

Douglass uses an angry tone to convey the idea that the black man is bitter about the absence of universal suffrage. Douglass uses a sorrowful tone to elicit sympathy and guilt in hopes of achieving universal suffrage.

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He became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end the practice of slavery, before and during the Civil War. After that conflict and the Emancipation Proclamation of 1862, he continued to push for equality and human rights until his death in 1895

Douglass was invited to speak two days later on Nantucket Island at the annual convention of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, in front of a largely white audience. This speech, on August 11, 1841, was the speech that got him noticed, and put Douglass on the path to becoming a lecturer for the society

Frederick Douglass’s intended audience was white people, mainly in the north, as he wanted to convince them of the damaging effects of slavery and to convince them that slavery should be abolished.

Douglass’s career as an activist, writer, and newspaper publisher put him in close proximity to the world of politics. After the war, he was encouraged to move to the South and get himself elected to Congress, but he turned down the idea

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Frederick Douglass as a statesman. After the fall of Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass managed to retain high-ranking federal appointments. He served under five presidents as U.S. Marshal for D.C. (1877-1881), Recorder of Deeds for D.C. (1881-1886), and Minister Resident and Consul General to Haiti (1889-1891)

At a Nantucket, Massachusetts, antislavery convention in 1841, Douglass was invited to describe his feelings and experiences under slavery. These extemporaneous remarks were so poignant and eloquent that he was unexpectedly catapulted into a new career as agent for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society

He served as U.S. Marshal of the District of Columbia during Rutherford B. Hayes’ administration. President James Garfield appointed Douglass the District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds. In 1889, President Benjamin Harrison appointed Frederick Douglass to be the U.S. minister to Haiti.

During the Civil War, Douglass was a consultant to President Abraham Lincoln and helped convince him that slaves should serve in the Union forces and that the abolition of slavery should be a goal of the war.