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Use the passages from Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln to answer the question.

How does the use of tone and point of view differ in the passages?

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Douglass uses a humorous tone to speak from the point of view of a white American, while Lincoln employs an angry tone to speak about slavery from a moral perspective.
Douglass uses a humorous tone to speak from the point of view of a white American, while Lincoln employs an angry tone to speak about slavery from a moral perspective.

Douglass uses a fiery tone to speak from the point of view of an outside observer, while Lincoln employs an impartial tone to speak about slavery from a first-hand perspective.
Douglass uses a fiery tone to speak from the point of view of an outside observer, while Lincoln employs an impartial tone to speak about slavery from a first-hand perspective.

Douglass uses an impartial tone to speak from the point of view of an enslaved person, while Lincoln employs an authoritative tone to speak about slavery from the point of view of an enslaved person.
Douglass uses an impartial tone to speak from the point of view of an enslaved person, while Lincoln employs an authoritative tone to speak about slavery from the point of view of an enslaved person.

Douglass uses a righteous tone to speak from the point of view of an enslaved person, while Lincoln employs a neutral tone to speak about slavery from a detached perspective.
Douglass uses a righteous tone to speak from the point of view of an enslaved person, while Lincoln employs a neutral tone to speak about slavery from a detached perspective.

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To analyze the differences in tone and point of view between the passages from Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, we can break down the options:

  1. The first response inaccurately describes Douglass's tone as humorous and Lincoln's as angry, which does not align with their established styles.

  2. The second response describes Douglass’s tone as fiery and Lincoln’s as impartial. This could resonate with how Douglass often expressed passionate opposition to slavery, while Lincoln may have approached the subject with a more calculated and neutral stance.

  3. The third response suggests Douglass has an impartial tone while speaking from the view of an enslaved person, which contradicts his passionate and personal perspective. It also incorrectly assumes Lincoln speaks from the point of view of an enslaved person.

  4. The fourth response presents Douglass as having a righteous tone and Lincoln as neutral. This correctly captures Douglass's moral outrage against slavery, alongside Lincoln's more measured approach as a political leader.

Given this analysis, the most fitting response, capturing the essence of both writers' tones and perspectives, would be the second response. Douglass uses a fiery tone as an advocate for the enslaved, while Lincoln employs a more impartial tone from a broader moral and political perspective.