Read the excerpt below and answer the question.
"on the edge of a small cape that marked the side of the bay away from the promontory was a loose scatter of rocks"
choose the best definition for the word promontory as it is used in this excerpt from doris lessing’s "through the tunnel."
a: a smooth sandy area on a beach
b: careful not to fall and hurt oneself
c: required for swimming in the ocean
d: a piece of land projecting into water

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