Part 1 - Question 10 Which statement accurately describes a central idea of the text?
A
Douglass's eagerness to make an impact on the public compelled him to pretend
to be something he was not.
B
The public's idea of how a fugitive slave should behave led them to doubt the
truth of Douglass's accounts.
с
Douglass's fiery views on common practices of the time made his speeches
extremely popular with the public.
D
The public's unwillingness to condemn slavery as wrong decreased Douglass's
enthusiasm for giving speeches.

“asleep in his bed” is personified.

the rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg.

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.