Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

5 styles:
--> Figurative
"I expected every movement that my brains would be dashed out against the trees." Page 563

--> Word Choice
"My car was upset and shattered..." Page 563

--> Elaborate
"His comings were like a thief in the night." Page 565

--> Formal
"My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died..." Page 565

--> Conversational
"He spoke to me very kindly, bade me drive pigs from a lot near by and passed on towards the church." Page 569

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