Read these lines from Fredrick Douglass's speech "What to The Slave Is the Fourth of July?"
I hear the mournful wail of millions, whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are to-day rendered more intolerable by the jubilant shouts that reach them.
Which definition of rendered is most likely suited for this line?
Caused to be a certain nature
Melted down
Repeated or recited
Submitted for approval
Answer:
Caused to be a certain nature
Explanation:
According to the lines from Fredrick Douglass's speech "What to The Slave Is the Fourth of July?" he talks about hearing the wails of the slaves who are bound in chains.
The definition of the word "rendered" as used in the excerpt means to be caused to be of a certain nature which is option A.
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Not sure what "Book" you read but this may help.
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was born into slavery and rose to become a leading African American intellectual of the 19 century, founding Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (now Tuskegee University) in 1881 and the National Negro Business League two decades later. Washington advised Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. His infamous conflicts with black leaders like W. E. B. Du Bois over segregation caused a stir, but today, he is remembered as the most influential African American speaker of his time.
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Booker Taliaferro Washington was born on April 5, 1856, in a slave hut in Franklin County, Virginia. His mother was a cook for the plantation’s owner. His father, a white man, was unknown to Washington. At the close of the Civil War, all the slaves owned by James and Elizabeth Burroughs—including 9-year-old Booker, his siblings, and his mother—were freed. Jane moved her family to Malden, West Virginia. Soon after, she married Washington Ferguson, a free black man.
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A dividend is an amount returned to a policyowner out of an insurance company's surplus funds. In a practical sense it is a return of premiums that exceed the insurer's expenses and mortality experience. Only certain types of insurance policies produce dividends.
Answer:
Multitude means a large number or group of, so a word could be "many" or any other word representing large numbers.
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