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Which sentence best demonstrates Frederick Douglass’s use of strong adjectives?

A
My new mistress proved to be all she appeared when I first met her at the door,--a woman of the kindest heart and finest feelings.
B
I saw nothing without seeing it, I heard nothing without hearing it, and felt nothing without feeling it.
C
The fatal poison of irresponsible power was already in her hands, and soon commenced its infernal work.
D
Very soon after I went to live with Mr. and Mrs. Auld, she very kindly commenced to teach me the A, B, C.
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Which statement best represents a negative connotation for the word “child”?

A
Be careful when you are holding the child.
B
I have one lovely child, and that is enough.
C
A child is a young person who is not an adult.
D
Stop being a child, and pay all of your bills.
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Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.In the same book, I met with one of Sheridan's mighty speeches on and in behalf of Catholic emancipation. These were choice documents to me. I read them over and over again with unabated interest. They gave tongue to interesting thoughts of my own soul, which had frequently flashed through my mind, and died away for want of utterance.

A
difficult to understand
B
a selection or decision
C
an expensive object
D
of very good quality
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Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.And, to cap the climax of their base ingratitude and fiendish barbarity, my grandmother, who was now very old, having outlived my old master and all his children, having seen the beginning and end of all of them, and her present owners finding she was of but little value, her frame already racked with the pains of old age, and complete helplessness fast stealing over her once active limbs, they took her to the woods, built her a little hut, put up a little mud-chimney, and then made her welcome to the privilege of supporting herself there in perfect loneliness; thus virtually turning her out to die!

A
They are used sarcastically to emphasize the cruel treatment of his grandmother.
B
They provide a contrast between the wealthy, powerful enslaver and the enslaved person.
C
They demonstrate the kind treatment Douglass’s grandmother received from her enslaver.
D
They are used to describe Douglass’s grandmother’s dreams of one day being set free.
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Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.In the same book, I met with one of Sheridan's mighty speeches on and in behalf of Catholic emancipation. These were choice documents to me. I read them over and over again with unabated interest. They gave tongue to interesting thoughts of my own soul, which had frequently flashed through my mind, and died away for want of utterance.

A
“Mighty” shows that Sheridan’s speeches are longer than most “great” speeches.
B
“Mighty” reflects how powerful and influential the speeches were to Douglass in a way that “great” would not.
C
“Mighty” and “great” mean essentially the same thing, so there is not much difference in their effect.
D
“Mighty” reflects a harsh bitterness that would not be reflected with the word “great.”
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Which statement best represents the denotation for the word "woman”?

A
A woman is an adult human female.
B
Man and woman are represented in this book.
C
My mother is a prime example of a woman.
D
The person who called was a woman.
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Denotation is

A
the opposite meaning of a word.
B
the least common meaning of a word.
C
the dictionary definition of a word.
D
the suggested meaning of a word.
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Connotation is

A
the suggested meaning of a word.
B
the dictionary definition of a word.
C
the opposite meaning of a word.
D
the least common meaning of a word.
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Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.In the same book, I met with one of Sheridan's mighty speeches on and in behalf of Catholic emancipation. These were choice documents to me. I read them over and over again with unabated interest. They gave tongue to interesting thoughts of my own soul, which had frequently flashed through my mind, and died away for want of utterance.

A
mighty, unabated
B
speeches, emancipation
C
interesting, own
D
same, one
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Which statement best represents a negative connotation for the word “thin”?

A
The book is thin and should not take long to read.
B
Thin means having little thickness or depth.
C
The space between the parked two cars was thin.
D
I think she was lying because her reasoning was thin.

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