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read the excerpt from frederick douglass's memoir narrative of the life of frederick douglass, an american slave. which three sentences in this excerpt reflect the idea that even good people were part of the systematic abuse of slaves?
mr. severe was rightly named: he was a cruel man. i have seen him whip a woman, causing the blood to run half an hour at the time; and this, too, in the midst of her crying children, pleading for their mother's release. he seemed to take pleasure in manifesting his fiendish barbarity. added to his cruelty, he was a profane swearer. it was enough to chill the blood and stiffen the hair of an ordinary man to hear him talk. scarce a sentence escaped him but that was commenced or concluded by some horrid oath. the field was the place to witness his cruelty and profanity. his presence made it both the field of blood and of blasphemy. from the rising till the going down of the sun, he was cursing, raving, cutting, and slashing among the slaves of the field, in the most frightful manner. his career was short. he died very soon after i went to colonel lloyd's; and he died as he lived, uttering, with his dying groans, bitter curses and horrid oaths. his death was regarded by the slaves as the result of a merciful providence.
mr. severe's place was filled by a mr. hopkins. he was a very different man. he was less cruel, less profane, and made less noise, than mr. severe. his course was characterized by no extraordinary demonstrations of cruelty. he whipped, but seemed to take no pleasure in it. he was called by the slaves a good overseer.

What rhetorical device were the declaration's signers using when they said used strong, emotional words to describe the grievances against the king?

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Which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich shows the human tendency to contemplate one’s past life? "but if that is so," he said to himself, "and i am leaving this life with the consciousness that i have lost all that was given me and it is impossible to rectify it—what then? " he lay on his back and began to pass his life in review in quite a new way. in the morning when he saw first his footman, then his wife, then his daughter, and then the doctor, their every word and movement confirmed to him the awful truth that had been revealed to him during the night. in them he saw himself—all that for which he had lived—and saw clearly that it was not real at all, but a terrible and huge deception which had hidden both life and death. this consciousness intensified his physical suffering tenfold. he groaned and tossed about, and pulled at his clothing which choked and stifled him. and he hated them on that account. he was given a large dose of opium and became unconscious, but at noon his sufferings began again. he drove everybody away and tossed from side to side. his wife came to him and said: "jean, my dear, do this for me. it can't do any harm and often . healthy people often do it." he opened his eyes wide. "what? take communion? why? it's unnecessary! " she began to cry. "yes, do, my dear. i'll send for our priest. he is such a nice man." "all right. very well," he muttered. when the priest came and heard his confession, ivan ilyich was softened and seemed to feel a relief from his doubts and consequently from his sufferings, and for a moment there came a ray of hope. he again began to think of the vermiform appendix and the possibility of correcting it. he received the sacrament with tears in his eyes.