Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

What do you learn about Douglass from the first paragraph?

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CCSS.RL.7.1

What was Douglass' relationship with his mother like?

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

What made Colonel Lloyd's home plantation seem like a country village?

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

In paragraph 7, Douglass alludes, or refers, to the common slaveholders' scriptural argument in justification of slavery: "God cursed Ham.". How does Douglass say that slaveholders undermined this justification of slavery?

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.8

In paragraph 8, Douglass uses vivid imagery to convey the cruelty of Captain

Anthony. How does Douglass create such vivid imagery? Provide specific

examples from the text.

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CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

The selection can be best identified as an autobiography because...

• It has historical figures in authentic settings.

• It has a narrator describing people.

• It is in third person with accurate facts.

• It is told in first person about actual events.

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CCSS.RL.7.6

What is the name of the author of this story?

• Fred Rogers

• Frederick Douglass

• Freddy Krueger

• Fred

Frederick Douglass was born a slave

• True

• False

Frederick Douglass tried to escape slavery but was caught.

• True

• False

It was illegal to teach slaves how to read.

• True

• False