Rhetorical Analysis Of The Narrative Of Frederick Douglass

The late 1840s were when the fight against slavery became the main focus in America. No piece of literature has had as big of an impact on the abolition movement than “The Narrative of Frederick Douglass”. Frederick uses his personal accounts to talk about slavery and give insight into his life on the plantations. By using certain language techniques, Douglass captures the ability to control the reader's’ emotions. In this chapter Douglass has the audience discover the horrors of the masters and learn about Douglass’ experience as a freeman looking back on the times of being a naive slave. Frederick uses zeugma, simile, and imagery as rhetorical devices in this chapter to explain his struggles and the emotions of the slaves.
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