Affecting the Reader by Using Precise Adjectives What image do the adjectives create of
Mrs. Auld?
But, alas! this kind heart had but a short time to remain
such. The fatal poison of irresponsible power was already
in her hands, and soon she was in a good mood and was the best of her best friends in commenced its infernal work.
That cheerful eye, under the influence of slavery,
eventually became red with rage; that voice made all of
sweet accord, changed to one of harsh and horrid
discord; and that angelic face gave place to that of a
demon.
-Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,
Frederick Douglass
O a mean-spirited woman who always believed in
slavery
O a good woman made angry and mean by slavery
O a mean woman whom slavery made nicer
O a nice woman whose behavior toward Douglass
would not change because of slavery
Done