Why do professional theatre rehearsals often begin in a
rehearsal hall and not on the
performance stage?
A. The company will test the production to
decide whether or not to move forward with it.
B. The company may have a show running when
rehearsals begin for the next production.
C. The company will do matinee performances in
the rehearsal hall to preview the show.
D. The company likely has a policy to always
begin rehearsals off of the main stage,

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ”go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival.what is one way that douglass achieves his purpose of persuading the reader to see his point of view? by relating as many facts and statistics to the reader as possibleby using familiar and casual language to make the reader feel comfortableby using gentle language to evoke a sense of calm and tranquilityby repeating the word “you” to directly relate to the reader