What is the purpose of this rhetorical question?
The first sentence is an example of ✔ a rhetorical questionparallelismirony.
Douglass’s use of the pronoun “your” in this passage is an example of X ironya rhetorical question✔ parallelism.
Why does Douglass use parallelism?
Douglass uses parallelism to intensify his criticism, emphasize enslaved people’s lack of liberty, contrast free people with enslaved people, and accuse free Americans of dishonesty and hypocrisy.
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