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LPPPPPPP!!!! LAST QUESTIONS!!!! Read this passage from "Lynch Law" by Ida B. Wells:
A lynching equally as cold-blooded took place in Memphis, Tennessee, March, 1892. Three young colored men in an altercation at their place of business fired on white men in self-defense. They were imprisoned for three days, then taken out by the mob and horribly shot to death. Thomas Moss, Will Stewart and Calvin McDowell were energetic business men who had built up a flourishing grocery business. Their business had prospered and that of a rival white grocer named Barrett had declined. Barrett led the attack on their grocery, which resulted in the wounding of three white men.
Which words in this excerpt are meant to affect readers on an emotional level? What emotions do the words evoke?
Horribly shot to death- this makes the reader feel the pain and anger on how someone could be horribly killed.
were energetic business men,Barrett led the attack on their grocery, which resulted in the wounding of three white men.- this makes the reader feel sad and angry on how these energetic hard working men got killed for doing hard work to help other people. This also makes the readers disappointed knowing that jealousy has overcame a person so much to kill.