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Flashcards in "Learning to Read and Write" by F. Douglass Deck (10)
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step 1

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  • Douglass, formerly a slave, educated, eager to learn
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step 2

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  • reflection on his past, hist struggle to gain an education
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step 3

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  • people who face similar obstacles to the ones he faced
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step 4

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  • to argue that education is a form of freedom everyone should enjoy
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step 5

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  • elevated diction, appeals to pathos
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step 6

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  • deeply disgusted shifting to triumphant
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conveying information directly to the reader

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audience

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the words “heavenly smiles” and “tranquil music” elicit feelings

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tone

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insight to the message of the text

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purpose

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information about the narrator’s circumstances

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speaker

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