In the last paragraph of the passage, with a flourish" means that the frog
leaps
Captured frog in hand, you can finally
relax on dry land and put your shoes
back on. But you need both hands to
tie your shoelaces, so you gently
place the frog on the ground beside
you-but just for a moment. Sproing!
The frog immediately leaps with a
flourish back into the pond, but that's
exactly where a frog belongs anyway.
impressively
breathlessly
shyly
gently

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