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Read this excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.

My Dear Friend:
You remember the old fable of "The Man and the Lion," where the lion complained that he should not be so
misrepresented when the lions wrote history."
I am glad the time has come when the lions write history."

In this letter to Frederick Douglass, the writer uses an
to a fable.

Allegory

Alliteration

Antithesis

Allusion

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Step-by-step explanation:

Allegory

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allegory

Step-by-step explanation:

it's used for hidden meaning

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