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She finally became even more violent in her opposition than her husband himself. She was not satisfied with simply doing as well as he had commanded; she seemed anxious to do better. Nothing seemed to make her more angry than to see me with a newspaper. She seemed to think that here lay the danger. I have had her rush at me with a face made all up of fury, and snatch from me a newspaper, in a manner that fully revealed her apprehension.
rush: v. to move toward something with great speed, violence, and anger

Based on the passage and the definition, why does Douglass use the word rush?

Answer 1

Based on the passage by Frederick Douglass and the use of the word "rush", we can say the following as the reason why Douglass uses it:

It connotes an extreme version of hurrying.

What is connotation?

Connotation is the meaning of a word inside a certain context. That is, since the context can be used to lend emotional weight to a word, its meaning can take on different nuances.

In the passage by Douglass we are analyzing here, the word "rush" is used to connote an extreme version of hurrying. The person did not move toward him just quickly. It was quickly and with certain violence, as if in a lot of hurry to snatch the newspaper from him.

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