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Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"When the dogs in your streets, when the fowls of the air, when the cattle on your hills, when the fish of the sea, and the reptiles that crawl, shall be unable to distinguish the slave from a brute, then will I argue with you that the slave is a man!What effect does the repetition of the word "when" have?

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Answer:

The repetition reinforces Douglass's incredulity at the opposition's attitudes.

Explanation:

In the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?," the author Frederick Douglass makes reference to the deceitfulness and pretense of the American slavery system. In that respect, he uses parallel structures to emphasize his point and demonstrate his claim regarding the double-dealing of slavery: that slaves are human beings.

Answer is D.The repetition reinforces Douglass’s incredulity at the opposition’s attitudes.

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