Thursday, April 2, 2014

Do Now: What does dehumanization mean? Write an example of this type of cruelty.
Classwork: Frederick Douglass' Slave Narrative

1. Author's purpose

2. Excerpt 1:

-->“It was the blood-stained gate, the entrance to the hell of slavery, through which I was about to pass.”Dehumanizing techniques - separation of family, extreme cruelty.
Literary techniques - tone, first-person narrative
Homework: Answer reading questions for Excerpt 1 - using evidence from the text to support your answes.