From My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass Once awakened by the silver trump of knowledge, my spirit was roused to ete
rnal wakefulness. Liberty! the inestimable birthright of every man, had, for me, converted every object into an asserter of this great right. What adjective best describes Douglass’s tone toward freedom?
dreamy
hopeful
hesitant
impassioned
Explanation: the tone of a poem, story or text is the author's or speaker's attitude towards the audience, the subject or even a character in the text. There are many different kinds of tones, like, happy, sad, negative, positive, angry, etc. In the given excerpt from "My Bondage and My Freedom" by Frederick Douglass we can see that the speaker's tone toward freedom is impassioned, he shows excitement and emotion toward that subject.
