Part Now, it's time to analyze the author's diction and how it helps the author
achieve his purpose. In 75 to 125 words, write your analysis of diction in
"Midas's Zinc Touch" by completing these steps:
1. Make a statement that identifies the author's choice of diction and how
it relates to the author's purpose. (Review these sentence frames to
write your statement.)
2. Support your statement with evidence from the text.
3. Explain how the evidence supports your statement.

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