Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave. What is the main idea of this passage? A) Slaves hated the ways that slaveholders mistreated them.
B) Slaveholders sent spies among the slaves to discover rebellious slaves.
C) Often slaves would argue about whose slave master was the most abusive.
D) Slaves would hide their true feelings and speak positively about their masters

The main idea of this passage is: A) Slaves hated the ways that slaveholders mistreated them.

The text, "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave." highlighted the suffering of the black slaves under their white masters.

Douglass's narration indicates that he was not happy about the way he and other slaves were treated. So, option A captures the main point of that text.

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

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