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Graphic Organizer: What claim does Fredrick Douglass make, and how does he support that claim using

logos, ethos, and pathos appeals?

Write his overall claim that you intend to use in your essay in this space. Use the three most convincing arguments used by Douglass to make his point, determine if it is L, E, or P, and explain how each argument works to make his overall point.

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Paraphrase, Categorize, and Explain How Paraphrase: Fellow citizens, pardon me, and allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here today? What have I or those who I represent to do with your national holiday?

Logos ?

Ethos ?

Pathos ?

Explain: Pointing out the irony of him being asked to speak on the occasion of freedom, yet he and those he represents are not free. Paraphrase: Would to God, both for your sake and ours, that an honest answer can be given.

Explain: Refers to God the highest authority.

Paraphrase: I say with sad sense of disparity between us I am not included in this anniversary The fourth of July is yours not mine. You may be joyful, but we are mournful.

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Explain Compares their joy to his despair.

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