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Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?
What is the purpose of this rhetorical question as it used by Douglass?
Responses
It is designed to express an opinion.
It is designed to express an opinion.
It is designed to obtain information.
It is designed to obtain information.
It is designed to convey an emotion.
It is designed to convey an emotion.
It is designed to introduce an idea.
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Correct answer: It is designed to introduce an idea.
Brief explanation: Douglass’s question isn’t seeking information but frames the central theme of his speech — the contrast between the nation’s celebration of freedom and the continued slavery of Black Americans. The rhetorical question draws attention, provokes emotion, and sets up the argument he will develop.
Brief explanation: Douglass’s question isn’t seeking information but frames the central theme of his speech — the contrast between the nation’s celebration of freedom and the continued slavery of Black Americans. The rhetorical question draws attention, provokes emotion, and sets up the argument he will develop.
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