How does mr. auld's conversation with mrs. auld in paragraph 1 contribute to the central idea of this passage? a. it demonstrates the disagreement among slaveholders regarding teaching enslaved people to read b. it shows that mr. and mrs. auld often disagree c. it implies that education would transform an enslaved person's thinking. d. it explains why most enslaved people are not interested in learning to read.

Mr. Auld and Mrs. Auld conversation in paragraph 1, of "The Narrative of the Life", by Frederick Douglass, contributes to the central idea of the passage option C. It implies that education would change an enslaved person's thinking.

Frederick Douglass was the son of a slave at Great House Farm. He was selected to live in Baltimore with the overseer's son-in-law brother. Mrs. Auld, his mistress, was a very kind an tender woman, and she instructed him till her husband, Mr. Auld, forbade her to do so. He said that teaching a slave would spoil the best of him because slaves only have to obey their masters. If they are taught they would change the way of thinking by making them unmanageable, useless for their master and in that way unhappy.

the correct answer is d. a discussion of specific uses of alliteration

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when you are critiquing or evaluating a poem, you will mostly pay attention to the theme, as well as figures of speech and rhythm. alliteration is a figure of speech where consonants are repeated in neighboring words - and it is important for analysis of sound and rhythm, which is why it might appear in the evaluation of that poem.

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