I suppose it's D and also B, with the addition that transcendentalists believed in God as existing in the inner self from where knowledge comes. Romanticism seek for knowledge outside the self, looking up the Universe.
Passionate, if not then commanding
The story about the Chanticleer and the fox is as old as the tale. The Chanticleer supervised the farmyard, waking everyone when the sun rises. Even thinking that he made it rose. The fox told him he admired his singing in the morning but with the intent of bringing him into the woods to be eaten so his morning singing won't bother other animals again. Fortunately, Chanticleer escaped from the fox's grip.
Answer: "abuse," "barbarity," and "shameless"
Explanation:
Douglass achieves his purpose of trying to persuade the reader to know his point of view as he repeated the word "you" in order to relate directly to the reader.
To support his purpose that America reigns without a rival, Douglass includes words such as "abuse," "barbarity," and "shameless".