Read the passage from "a cub pilot":

i was . i did not know what in the world to do. i was quaking from head to foot, and i could have hung my hat on my eyes, they stuck out so far.
“quarter twain! quarter twain! mark twain! ”
we were drawing nine! my hands were in a nerveless flutter. i could not ring a bell intelligibly with them. i flew to the speaking-tube and shouted to the engineer,
“oh, ben, if you love me, back her! quick, ben! oh, back the immortal soul out of her! ”
i heard the door close gently. i looked around, and there stood mr. bixby, smiling a bland, sweet smile. then the audience on the hurricane-deck sent up a thundergust of humiliating laughter. i saw it all now, and felt meaner than the meanest man in human history. i laid in the lead, set the boat in her marks, came ahead on the engines, and said,
“it was a fine trick to play on an orphan, wasn’t it? i suppose i’ll never hear the last of how i was stupid enough to heave the lead at the head of 66.”
“well, no, you won’t, maybe. in fact i hope you won’t; for i want you to learn something by that experience. didn’t you know there was no bottom in that crossing? ”
“yes, sir, i did.”

you will write one well-developed paragraph of at least 7-8 sentences.

in your paragraph, identify one major idea in the memoir "a cub pilot." then identify one sentence in the passage that directly develops or refines that main idea. explain how that sentence develops the main idea you identified.

make sure you are using specific evidence from the "a cub pilot" to support your ideas.

you will write two well-developed paragraphs. each paragraph should be at least 7-8 sentences long.

in your first paragraph, provide evidence from the text of narrative of the life of frederick douglass that supports this main idea: slaves must be kept ignorant and relations
kept weak. clearly explain how the evidence you found supports the main idea.

in your second paragraph, provide evidence from the text of narrative of the life of frederick douglass that supports this main idea: keeping slaves makes slaveholders inhuman. clearly explain how the evidence you found supports the main idea.

read the passage.

i have been frequently asked how i felt when i found myself in a free state. i have never been able to answer the question with any satisfaction to myself. it was a moment of the highest excitement i ever experienced. i suppose i felt as one may imagine the unarmed mariner to feel when he is rescued by a friendly man-of-war from the pursuit of a pirate. in writing to a dear friend, immediately after my arrival at new york, i said i felt like one who had escaped a den of hungry lions. this state of mind, however, very soon subsided; and i was again seized with a feeling of great insecurity and loneliness. i was yet liable to be taken back, and subjected to all the tortures of slavery. this in itself was enough to damp the ardor of my enthusiasm. but the loneliness overcame me. there i was in the midst of thousands, and yet a perfect stranger; without home and without friends, in the midst of thousands of my own brethren—children of a common father, and yet i dared not to unfold to any one of them my sad condition. i was afraid to speak to any one for fear of speaking to the wrong one, and thereby falling into the hands of money-loving kidnappers, whose business it was to lie in wait for the panting fugitive, as the ferocious beasts of the forest lie in wait for their prey.

write one paragraph that identifies the metaphors in this passage. then explain why douglass uses those metaphors. what is the effect? what is douglass trying to explain or convey?

answer these questions! 50pts!