Consider how our authors use literary devices and figurative language. Choose one slave narrative (from Olaudah Equiano The Interesting Narrative of the Life… , Frederick Douglass Narrative of the Life of… , or Harriet Jacobs Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl ) and discuss the ways the author uses at least two of the following literary devices to convey his or her purpose or theme: symbolism, imagery, allusion, metaphor, simile, personification, and situational irony. Provide specific examples from the text for analysis.
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