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Read the passage.

Liberty! the inestimable birthright of every man, had, for me, converted every object into an asserter of this great right. It was heard in every sound, and beheld in every object.
Consider the tone as you read the passage from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass. What tone does Douglass use when discussing liberty?

a. passive
b. passionate
c. somber
d. amusing

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b, you can tell by how much heart he puts in his words
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The correct answer is the following: option b. The passage from "My Bondage and My Freedom" by Frederick Douglass has a passionate tone. The term "tone" in literature conveys to the author's use of words and writing style that shapes the piece's subject. It's the tone in literacy works that gives the audience a sense of what feelings and emotions the author put into the plot and the characters.

The excerpt that belongs to "My Bondage and My Freedom" written by Frederick Douglass has a strong passionate tone. The narrator has intense feelings and emotions towards freedom and its expressing them all with passion.

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