Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
What effect does Douglass's use of the adjectives
"blighting and dehumanizing" have on the reader?
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. She had never had a slave under
her control previously to myself, and prior to her
marriage she had been dependent upon her own
industry for a living. She was by trade a weaver, and by
constant application to her business, she had been in a
good degree preserved from the blighting and
dehumanizing effects of slavery. I was utterly
astonished at her goodness.
O They create an image of the quality of the mistress's
weaving
O They emphasize the damage slavery causes to a
slaveholder's character.
O They describe the harsh treatment that Douglass
received from his mistress
O They illustrate the mistress's kindness toward
Douglass.