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Well, back then the slave owners did not let their slaves to learn how to read. They thought if they teach slaves this skill, they would be harder to handle. Then Douglass kept in a secret that he was learning and never stop learning. Douglass studied the book to learn how to make good speeches.
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I was is the more proper way of saying you were doing something for example “I was eating” not “I were eating”
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C. a memory aid
A mnemonic is a memory aid, usually a phrase or visual, that helps you remember a fact.