Read the excerpt from Frederick Douglass’s speech “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”Go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the Old World, travel through South America, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival.To support his purpose, Douglass includes words such as
Answer
A
“search,” “roam,” and “found”
B
“monarchies,” “reigns,” and “nation”
C
“abuse,” “barbarity,” and “shameless”
D
“Old World,” “South America,” and “America”
Explanation
Douglass’s purpose is to condemn the United States for its treatment of enslaved people and its hypocrisy. Words such as “abuse,” “barbarity,” and “shameless” create a strongly negative tone and emphasize the cruelty he is exposing. The other choices mainly name places or describe searching, rather than expressing this condemnation.
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