Characters
A slave woman, whom Douglass describes as a woman of "noble form, and of graceful proportions, having very few equals," who suffers whippings at the hand of the jealous Captain Anthony.
Who is Aunt Hester?
This is how Douglass learned to read.
What is giving bread to the poor white children?
A rhetorical, literary move in which sarcasm is used by saying one thing and meaning another.
What is verbal irony?
"No words, no tears, no prayers, from his gory victim, seemed to move his iron heart from its bloody purpose."
What is Pathos?
"This kind heart had but a short time to remain such. The fatal poison of irresponsible power was already in her hands, and soon commenced its infernal work."
What is Metaphor?
Douglass said that this characters nickname was "The Snake".
Who is Mr. Covey?
Douglass claimed that this was the most important city he lived in (in order to acquire his freedom).
What is Baltimore?
The use of sensory details to illustrate a given scene or character.
What is imagery?
The men and women slaves received, as their monthly allowance of food, eight pounds of pork, or its equivalent in fish, and one bushel of corn meal. Their yearly clothing consisted of two coarse linen shirts, one pair of linen trousers, like the shirts, one jacket, one pair of trousers for winter..."
What is logos?
"He was just proud enough to demand the most debasing homage of the slave, and quite servile enough to crouch, himself, at the feet of the master. He was ambitious enough to be contented with nothing short of the highest rank of overseers... He was cruel enough to inflict the severest punishment"
What is Anaphora?
The mistress who first teaches Douglass how to read and write; her disposition towards slaves turns from sympathetic to cruel.
Who is Sophia Auld?
Demby, a fellow slave of Douglass's, suffers this terrible fate at the hands of whom?
Who is Mr. Gore?
the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
What is Anaphora?
"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; the songs of one and of the other are prompted by the same..."
What is pathos?
"My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died;"
What is parallelism?
Douglass met this person only a handful of times in his life.
Who is Douglass's mother?
Because of this event, Douglass hoped that his Master Auld would become a much kinder slave owner.
What is Master Auld's conversion to Christianity?
A contrast of two statements to illuminate something about an event or character.
What is antithesis?
I do not remember to have ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday. They seldom come nearer to it that planting-time, harvest-time, cherry-time, spring-time, or fall-time."
What is logos/pathos?
An example of two literary terms: “You are loosed from your mooring, and are free; I am fast in my chains, and am a slave! You move merrily before the gentle gale, and I sadly before the bloody whip!”
What is imagery and antithesis?
This person is Douglass's first master and most likely his father.
Who is Captain Anthony?
This is what Douglass does to be whipped by Mr. Covey when he first arrives at his plantation.
What is accidentally drives the Oxen through the fence?
a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order
"You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man."
What is chiasmus?
"To describe the wealth of Colonel Lloyd would be almost equal to describing the riches of Job."
What is ethos?
An example of a literary term: "There was nothing done, and probably nothing would have been done if I had been killed. Such was and such remains, the state of things in the Christian city of Baltimore.”
What is verbal irony?