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Word Structure In Frederick Douglass

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Throughout this passage, Douglass uses word structure, which is the organizational framework and overall design of the words in the reading to shape his description/message about his grandmother. For example, Douglas moves back in time and begins with loving stories about how loyal his grandmother was to her owners and there is a turning point where everything goes downhill. Douglas explains how “[his grandmother] was nevertheless left a slave—a slave for life—a slave in the hands of strangers” (358). Through the use of climax Douglas makes sympathize with the grandmother especially when one finds out that she was left in “perfect loneliness; thus virtually turning her out to die!” (358). The short heart-wrenching stories would have not meant
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