Reader's Guide to Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave includes: 

• A selection from "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" a speech delivered by Douglass on July 5, 1852
• Interpretive discussion questions for each chapter, as well as for Narrative as a whole.
  
  Imagine the lively discussion these sample questions will spark:

  What enables Douglass to survive and eventually escape his life as a slave?
  According to Douglass, how does slavery degrade both slaves and masters?
  

• Passages for close reading—8 rich excerpts from the autobiography accompanied by questions that guide readers through an analysis of each passage
• Suggestions for writing—analytical and creative writing projects that encourage further exploration of ideas generated in discussion
• Background and context documents that give readers a better sense of the world about which Douglass wrote
• A biography of Douglass
• A glossary of literary terms

(The Reader's Guide does not contain the text of Narrative, but is designed for used with any trade edition.)

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