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What is the effect of the word swelling in Douglass's phrase, swelling vanity?

A)
It has no effect whatsoever.
B)
It makes America's vanity seem bloated, pompous, and filled with an
overweening pride.
C)
It makes for a very humorous image that adds to the comedy of Douglass's
entire speech
D)
It praises America for being rightfully proud of itself on this important day
of celebration.

What is the effect of the word swelling in Douglass's phrase, swelling vanity? A) It-example-1
User Jches
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Answer: B)

It makes America's vanity seem bloated, pompous, and filled with an

overweening pride.

User Mikhail Vladimirov
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Answer:its B

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