Synonym
Captain
Leader
Illustrate - to paint a picture in your imagination after reading something.
Illustrate - to paint a picture in your imagination after reading something.
the movement to abolish, or end slavery in the United States.
Abolitionism
I need to quickly respond to this email.
To quickly respond
Douglass explains in his narrative that once he began learning to read, he realized how unfair slavery was.
Citations
Selection
Passage
Tiger like - meaning a tiger is literally acting like a tiger, might try to eat you.
Tiger like - to mean threatening.
Tiger like - to mean threatening.
a biography written by the person it is about.
Autobiography
I'm bringing some candy to eat in the car.
Frederick Douglass wanted to learn how to read because it would help him understand the world and gain freedom.
Restate
Author's Reason
Author's Purpose
Ship - a big boat in the water, maybe a war boat.
Ship - representing the country.
Ship - representing the country.
term used to refer to the female slave owners.
Mistress
Some days, I have the urge to quit my job
to quit
He believed reading would help him escape slavery.
Answer
Discontentment
Misery
Extended metaphor - just a longer sentence with a metaphor.
Extended Metaphor - a metaphor that can continue through many lines, or even the entire poem.
Extended Metaphor - a metaphor that can continue through many lines, or even the entire poem.
arranged in or according to the order of time.
Chronological
He bought flowers to apologize.
to apologize
This shows that reading gave him knowledge, and knowledge made him want freedom even more.
Elaborate
Deep sadness
Sorrow
Bread of knowledge - people that bake bread have a lot of knowledge
Bread of knowledge - representing the ways reading and learning are as necessary to our body as food is.
Bread of knowledge - representing the ways reading and learning are as necessary to our body as food is.
held involuntarily and forced under threat of violence or death to work without pay for the profit of another.
Enslaved
We went to the concert to see our favorite band.
to see our favorite band
Learning to read changed Frederick Douglass by helping him understand the injustice of slavery.
Restate