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which is the best example of frederick douglass avoiding emotion while writing about an emotional experience?

a. the thought of owning a pair of trousers was great indeed!
b. we sailed out of miles river for baltimore on a saturday morning.
c. i suffered much from hunger, but much more from cold.
d. i was probably between seven and eight years old when i left colonel lloyds plantation.

Explanation:

To determine the best example of Frederick Douglass avoiding emotion in writing about an emotional experience, we analyze each option:

• Option A uses the word "great" which shows a positive emotion, so it's not avoiding emotion.
• Option B is a simple statement of a factual event (sailing out of a river on a specific day) with no emotional language. It just reports the action without any emotional tone.
• Option C uses words like "suffered" and compares hunger and cold, which conveys emotional distress.
• Option D mentions age and leaving a plantation, but the focus is on factual details about age and location, but it still has a bit more potential for underlying emotion (leaving a plantation context) compared to the purely factual reporting of Option B.

So, Option B is the best example as it is a neutral, factual statement without emotional language.

Answer:

B. We sailed out of Miles River for Baltimore on a Saturday morning.