early on morning, late at night two dead boys got up to fight back to back, they faced each other drew their swords and shot each other a deaf policeman heard the noise, and went and shot those two dead boys. if you don't believe this lie is true ask the blind man, he saw it too. What is the author trying to get across?

Read this excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

It was the blood-stained gate, the entrance to the hell of slavery, through which I was about to pass. It was a most terrible spectacle.

What is the meaning of the figurative language in this passage?

There was a gate with blood on it at the plantation where Douglass lived.

Douglass had to go through great pain during his escape from slavery.

Being enslaved was the worst experience imaginable.

Douglass was spared the worst kinds of physical torture that other enslaved people faced.anation:

1. the details that would clarify the authors purpose for writing would be after the "haley collected used soccer jersey and sent them to guatemalan children." part, he would say, "and you can also donate today to save ". so far in the text, you can see no such thing. if, near the end the author persuades you to donate to guatemalans, then you know that the author's reason to write is to persuade you.

2. what details would make the text more engaging is to see the guatemalan children's reaction to getting free jerseys.

3. the details that convey the author's attitude would be an opinion by the author, for example, if he said, "haley was a very nice girl " or, you can find the attitude by finding parts of haley's personality that he highlights. you can strengthen your tones by using more descriptive words, and simplify long sentences as much as you can.

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to save the day, harry must get past a scary three-headed guard dog.