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When analyzing a story, you must consider the genre, the progression of the story (meaning what the author is trying to tell you/structure of story) and the main theme.
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The author conveys the joy in the excerpt given above through the use of ALLUSION.
Allusion is a figure of speech, in which an individual indirectly refer to an object or a situation from an external context; allusion usually refers to a story, object, person or event that is well known in order to make readers to make comparisons in their minds. For instance, a writer can make an allusion to the story of David and Goliath in order to establish his belief that an unlikely person may end up wining a particular fight.
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According to his own account, Equiano was kidnapped at age 11 and taken to the West Indies. From there he went to Virginia, where he was purchased by a sea captain, Michael Henry Pascal, with whom he traveled widely. He received some education and changed hands twice more before he bought his own freedom in 1766.