What would be the best way to show people how the quality of the river’s water has improved since the nineteenth century? a) read an excerpt from one of edmund spenser’s poems about the beauty of the river b) examine how the thames river was described by playwrights during the time of shakespeare c) demonstrate how there are greater toxins in the thames today than in past century's d) describe the increase in fish in the river since the clean-up efforts in the twentieth cent

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.what is one way that douglass achieves his purpose of persuading the reader to see his point of view? by relating as many facts and statistics to the reader as possibleby using familiar and casual language to make the reader feel comfortableby using gentle language to evoke a sense of calm and tranquilityby repeating the word “you” to directly relate to the reader