what are 5 questions you can ask fredrick Douglas about his “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” speech

Answer 1

Hi Ashton!

I'm wondering what brought you to post this question. Are you having trouble reading or understanding the speech? What would help you understand it better?

Before you can develop questions for your assignment, you need to understand what you're reading, right?

1. Break down the larger text into chunks. Make sure you understand the different sections and write summaries of their meaning so you can keep track of the ideas in this speech. write out questions from each summary - no matter what they are (vocabulary, history, deep questions about the meaning, etc.).
2. Always try to figure out what unknown words or references mean within the context of the text - this is a crucial skill and is something that the SAT tests! If there is something keeping you from understanding one of these chunks of text and you can't figure it out, Google it.
3. Now that you have an understanding of the basic text, imagine yourself interviewing Douglass. Brainstorm some questions for him. Think about the time he was living in, his past as a slave, the occasion of the speech, and then use those facts to put the speech into perspective.

You want some deep, NPR-level Terry Gross questions for this interview. Why did Douglass say what he said? What exactly did he mean by X?

Use anything that you were confused by or curious about. You will only have short time to interview him - he's a busy man! This guy eulogized Abraham Lincoln! We still read his autobiography to this day.

THINK: He's delivering this speech ON INDEPENDENCE DAY - A day of celebration, BBQ, Fireworks, parades. But, he brings up some dark stuff after speaking at length about the idealism of the Revolutionary period.

i can't just give you answers, but I hope this helps you develop some questions.

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