Read this excerpt from "Crossing the River.”In very desperate straits many new inventions were sought after by deep-thinking and resolute slaves, determined to be free at any cost. But it must here be admitted, that, in looking carefully over the more perilous methods resorted to, Robert Brown, alias Thomas Jones, stands second to none, with regard to deeds of bold daring. Which statement best describes Robert Brown’s viewpoint in the story?
How are the fictional text in "The People Could Fly” and nonfictional text in "Crossing the River” similar?
How is the nonfictional text similar to the fictional text?
Which sentence uses a third-person point of view?
Which sentence uses a first-person point of view?
How is the nonfictional text in "Crossing the River” similar to the fictional text in "The People Could Fly”?
Read this excerpt from "My Escape from Slavery.”In order to avoid this fatal scrutiny on the part of railroad officials, I arranged with Isaac Rolls, a Baltimore hackman, to bring my baggage to the Philadelphia train just on the moment of starting, and jumped upon the car myself when the train was in motion. Had I gone into the station and offered to purchase a ticket, I should have been instantly and carefully examined, and undoubtedly arrested. In choosing this plan I considered the jostle of the train, and the natural haste of the conductor, in a train crowded with passengers, and relied upon my skill and address in playing the sailor, as described in my protection, to do the rest.Which correctly describes the point of view in this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from "My Escape from Slavery”.In the first narrative of my experience in slavery, written nearly forty years ago, and in various writings since, I have given the public what I considered very good reasons for withholding the manner of my escape. In substance these reasons were, first, that such publication at any time during the existence of slavery might be used by the master against the slave, and prevent the future escape of any who might adopt the same means that I did.Which statement best describes the speaker’s viewpoint in this excerpt?
Readers can tell that a text uses a third-person point of view when the text
Read this excerpt from "Crossing the River.”In very desperate straits many new inventions were sought after by deep-thinking and resolute slaves, determined to be free at any cost. But it must here be admitted, that, in looking carefully over the more perilous methods resorted to, Robert Brown, alias Thomas Jones, stands second to none, with regard to deeds of bold daring. This hero escaped from Martinsburg, Va., in 1856.Which statement best describes the narrator’s viewpoint of Robert’s escape?
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