Read the following excerpt from narrative of the life of frederick douglass an american slave, in which douglass discusses his arrival in baltimore to live with a new slave owner:
we arrived at baltimore early on sunday morning, landing at smith's wharf, not far from bowley's wharf. we had on board the sloop a large flock of sheep; and after aiding in driving them to the slaughterhouse of mr. curtis on loudon slater's hill i was conducted by rich, one of the hands belonging on board of the sloop, to my new home in alliciana street, near mr. gardner's ship yard, on fells point.
how does the passage use objectivity to increase the power of the narrative?
a. it avoids sentimentality by cshowing that douglase was unaffected
b. it uses irony to show that douglass felt happy when he should
c. it avoids bias by presenting only the facts of douglass's arriva.
d. it uses understatement to show that douglass wanted freedom. by his situation. have felt angry.

The correct answer is A. It avoids sentimentality by showing that Douglass was unaffected

Explanation:

The word objectivity refers to the quality of impartiality found in some texts, speeches or similar because they present only facts and do not rely on personal perspectives or judgments. This implies, an objective narrative is one that does not involve the perceptions, beliefs or emotions from the narrator, but only present facts. This can be used to have an effect on the reader as describing events without involving the narrator's feelings or perspectives gives the reader an impartial perspective of the events and makes the reader wonder about the feelings of the narrator towards them.

This is the case of the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass  presented in the question, considering Douglass does not give any information about his opinion or feelings while he is taken to a new place to have a new slave owner but he only describes the events from an impartial point of view showing himself unaffected, which makes this narrative objective. The previous ideas mean, the narrator or author uses objectivity to increase the power of the narrative as it avoids sentimentality or expressing any feeling by showing Douglass was unaffected.

i think its c or d, its been awhile since i read this book

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)