Fredrich Douglass uses logic in his writing. His ideas are clear, neat and uses sophisticated vocabulary and avoiding prejudices.
That would have to be an ellipsis. When you say something like, "There was only one catch, and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded (blah blah)"(Joseph Heller 46).
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,"There was only one catch, and that was Catch-22,...Orr was crazy and could be grounded (blah blah)"(Joseph Heller 46).
People seem to think that the pyramid workers were slaves, which is ridiculous and untrue.
The tone of the original passage is formal. It could be in a trusted, reliable source on Egyptians. The answer has an informal tone. It uses the words "ridiculous" and "untrue". These opinion words make the sentence of opinion not a statement of fact. The original sentence is a statement of fact.
