Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciation of tyrants, brass fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are, to Him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy — a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages.What is the effect of the repetition of “your”?
Answer
A
It reminds the reader of the speaker’s identity.
B
It reinforces the speaker’s feeling of separation.
C
It suggests a dialogue between speaker and audience.
D
It indicates that the speaker is addressing a large crowd.
Explanation
The repeated “your” draws a sharp line between the people celebrating and the enslaved people excluded from the freedom being praised. It emphasizes the speaker’s separation from the audience and the hypocrisy of their celebration, so the best answer is “It reinforces the speaker’s feeling of separation.”
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