"Learning to Read and Write" - Discussion

Question 1

SOAPSTONE

Answer 1

• S: Douglas, desperate, knowledge, freedom, passion
• O: memoir, horrors of slavery, escape it
• A: everyone, fellow African Americans
• P: inform us about his struggles, argue: education is power
• S: incongruous juxtaposition, highly emotional language
• TONE: angry, triumphant

Question 2

focus: appeal to logos

Answer 2

• logos is a logical appeal that uses facts or data to establish an argument
• an appeal is effective for strengthening an argument

Question 3

how to appeal to logos

Answer 3

• cite facts
• reference statistics
• allude to historical events

Question 4

step 1

Answer 4

douglass’s

Question 5

step 2

Answer 5

employment

Question 6

step 3

Answer 6

of highly emotional langauge

Question 7

step 4

Answer 7

effectively communicates the agonies of slavery he experienced

Question 8

claim: the author incorporates dialogue to illustrate the power of literacy

Answer 8

paradox

Question 9

claim: douglass’s utilization of parallel structure conveys the idea that true freedom is only achieved through literacy

Answer 9

douglass’ parallel structure highlights the idea that literacy grants freedom

Question 10

claim: douglass’s utilization of parallel structure conveys the idea that true freedom is only achieved through literacy

Answer 10

repetition, narration techniques, sentence construction

Question 11

fredick douglas employs a ________ to express how education can enlighten humanity.

Answer 11

a paradox, varied syntax, emotionally laden diction

Question 12

the author incorporates __________

Answer 12

loaded language, dialogue

Question 13

claim: the author incorporates dialogue to illustrate the power of literacy

Answer 13

there is text to support it, such as “ to use his own words” and “he said”

Question 14

claim: the author incorporates dialogue to illustrate the power of literacy

Answer 14

included, assimilated, integrated, utilized

Question 15

claim: the author incorporates dialogue to illustrate the danger and power of literacy

Answer 15

it has textual evidence to support it such as “to use his words, further, he said”

Question 16

note

Answer 16

• “i understood the pathway from slavery to freedom”
• "”i now” “i prized” “i understood” “i wanted”
• “my learning to read” had “come to torment” “my soul”
• the author, Frederick Douglass, Douglass, the writer