https://padlet.com/hmrichardson/g8vyvwoel0zs Essay outline en-us 2019-02-25 18:02:28 UTC 2019-02-28 18:30:58 UTC hello@padlet.com hmrichardson https://padlet.com/hmrichardson/g8vyvwoel0zs/wish/335009414 Along with the use of figurative language Douglass uses his personal experiences to reveal the effects of slavery on slaves and slave owners which supports his position to end slavery.]]> 2019-02-25 18:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hmrichardson/g8vyvwoel0zs/wish/335009414 hmrichardson https://padlet.com/hmrichardson/g8vyvwoel0zs/wish/335012725 Hook:  Imagine being taken from your home, forced to work sunrise to sunset in horrible conditions, and receive no pay; slavery is morally wrong in many ways and nobody should be subjected to it’s cruelty.

Background Info: Slavery started in 1865; African people would be taken from their homes and forced to work as slaves. Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in 1818.  Douglass wrote a book called The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass that was published in 1845.  The book contains what Douglass heard, saw, and felt as a slave.(more background info about slavery in general and what happened in Douglass’s life)

Thesis statement: Along with the use of figurative language Douglass uses his personal experiences to reveal the effects of slavery on slaves and slave owners which supports his position to end slavery.]]> 2019-02-25 18:20:18 UTC https://padlet.com/hmrichardson/g8vyvwoel0zs/wish/335012725 hmrichardson https://padlet.com/hmrichardson/g8vyvwoel0zs/wish/335014032 Topic Sentence:  Douglass uses figurative language to support his position to end slavery 
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“My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died; the dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a man transformed into a brute!”(make sure to say what cause him to become that way)

Quote 2:
Excerpt 5 paragraph 1
"On the one hand, there stood slavery, a stern reality, glaring frightfully upon us,—its robes already crimsoned with the blood of millions, and even now feasting itself greedily upon our own flesh. On the other hand, away back in the dim distance, under the flickering light of the north star, behind some craggy hill or snow-covered mountain, stood a doubtful freedom—half frozen— beckoning us to come and share its hospitality.”(I don’t think you need the 2nd part of this quote)]]> 2019-02-25 18:22:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hmrichardson/g8vyvwoel0zs/wish/335014032 hmrichardson https://padlet.com/hmrichardson/g8vyvwoel0zs/wish/335014354  Topic sentence: (maybe start each topic sentence with something else other than Douglass or Frederick) Frederick uses personal experiences he encountered to prove that slavery is terrible for slaves which supports his position to end slavery. 
Quote 1:
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 "I never saw my mother, to know her as such, more than
four or five times in my life; and each of these times was
very short in duration, and at night."
Quote 2:
Excerpt 4 Paragraph 2
“...succeeded in gaining my feet; but, stooping to get the tub with which I was feeding the fan, I again staggered and fell. While down in this situation, Mr. Covey took up the hickory slat with which Hughes had been striking off the half- bushel measure, and with it gave me a heavy blow upon the head, making a large wound, and the blood ran freely; and with this again told me to get up. ”



“There must be no halting; every one must be at his or her post; and woe betides them who hear not this morning summons to the field; for if they are not awakened by the sense of hearing, they are by the sense of feeling: no age nor sex finds any favor.” (I would chose a better quote that’s more clearer in what happened or explain clearly what happens in the quote)]]> 2019-02-25 18:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hmrichardson/g8vyvwoel0zs/wish/335014354 hmrichardson https://padlet.com/hmrichardson/g8vyvwoel0zs/wish/335015961 Topic sentence: In order to support his position to end slavery,   Douglass uses his own encounters to prove slavery corrupts slave holders. 
(Don’t end every single topic sentence with supports his position to end slavery)
Quote 1:
Excerpt 3 Paragraph 3
"That cheerful
eye, under the influence of slavery, soon became red with rage; that voice, made all of sweet accord, changed to one of harsh and horrid discord; and that angelic face gave place to that of a demon."
Quote 2:
Excerpt 3 Paragraph 6
"She now commenced to practice her husband’s precepts. She finally became even more violent in her opposition than her husband himself. She was not satisfied with simply doing as well as he had commanded; she seemed anxious to do better."(make sure in rough draft that you include how cruel her husband was so we know how cruel she became.)]]> 2019-02-25 18:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hmrichardson/g8vyvwoel0zs/wish/335015961 hmrichardson https://padlet.com/hmrichardson/g8vyvwoel0zs/wish/335016455 Topic Sentence:  Frederick Douglass stood up for what he believed in and contributed to the ending of slavery. He gave people hope that if a person feels the need to force change, they can take action and achieve their goals. Today, Frederick Douglass continues to remind society the importance of motivation and the knowing that things will get better. He also reminds society the importance of freedom and being treated well.
(more about how it affects us today)]]> 2019-02-25 18:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hmrichardson/g8vyvwoel0zs/wish/335016455 hmrichardson https://padlet.com/hmrichardson/g8vyvwoel0zs/wish/335558220 -_to emphasize what he was truly feeling as a slave; ]]> 2019-02-26 18:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hmrichardson/g8vyvwoel0zs/wish/335558220 hmrichardson https://padlet.com/hmrichardson/g8vyvwoel0zs/wish/336217383 2019-02-28 01:12:56 UTC https://padlet.com/hmrichardson/g8vyvwoel0zs/wish/336217383 hmrichardson https://padlet.com/hmrichardson/g8vyvwoel0zs/wish/336217448 2019-02-28 01:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hmrichardson/g8vyvwoel0zs/wish/336217448 hmrichardson https://padlet.com/hmrichardson/g8vyvwoel0zs/wish/336549989 2019-02-28 18:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hmrichardson/g8vyvwoel0zs/wish/336549989