1. How does Douglass make the reader care about his narrative in "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?" Find three specific examples in the text and explain how these examples make the reader care. 2. Where in the story does Douglass use the rhetorical device of "unifying 2+2" as described in the Stanton video? How does Douglass make the rhetorical device work?

3. What would you say is Douglass's spine? Discuss an example from the story that reveals Douglass's spine to the reader.

4. Consider Stanton's story. What is his spine? Discuss a point in the video where Stanton reveals his spine to the viewer.

5. What promises do Stanton and Douglass make to their audiences and how does each author fulfill his promise with regards to the narrative?

Reading plus level g answers for the legendary loshu

Which two passages in this excerpt from the death of ivan illych does leo tolstoy use to suggest that ivan ilych feels like his life is slipping away from him? "what's the use? it makes no difference," he said to himself, staring with wide-open eyes into the darkness. "death. yes, death. and none of them knows or wishes to know it, and they have no pity for me. now they are playing." (he heard through the door the distant sound of a song and its accompaniment.) "it's all the same to them, but they will die too! fools! i first, and they later, but it will be the same for them. and now they are merry . . the beasts! " anger choked him and he was agonizingly, unbearably miserable. "it is impossible that all men have been doomed to suffer this awful horror! " he raised himself. "something must be wrong. i must calm myself—must think it all over from the beginning." and he again began thinking. "yes, the beginning of my illness: i knocked my side, but i was still quite well that day and the next. it hurt a little, then rather more. i saw the doctors, then followed despondency and anguish, more doctors, and i drew nearer to the abyss. my strength grew less and i kept coming nearer and nearer, and now i have wasted away and there is no light in my eyes.

What is the key similarity between the characters of gerasim and vladimir ivanich in tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich?