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Highlight the central idea in pink and supporting details in yellow.I now saw myself deprived of all chance of returning to my native country, or even the least glimpse of hope of gaining the shore, which I now considered as friendly; and I even wished for my former slavery in preference to my present situation, which was filled with horrors of every kind, still heightened by my ignorance of what I was to undergo. I was not long suffered to indulge my grief; I was soon put down under the decks, and there I received such a salutation in my nostrils as I had never experienced in my life: so that, with the loathsomeness of the stench, and crying together, I became so sick and low that I was not able to eat, nor had I the least desire to taste any thing. I now wished for the last friend, death, to relieve me; but soon, to my grief, two of the white men offered me eatables; and, on my refusing to eat, one of them held me fast by the hands, and laid me across I think the windlass, and tied my feet, while the other flogged me severely.Paraphrase the central idea.Paraphrase the supporting details. |
Answer» Please mark as BRAINLIEST it was very hard"The first object which saluted my eyeswhen i arrived on the coast was the sea,and a slave ship."The following are the supporting detailsof the paragraph:"These filled m with astonishment,which as soon converted into terrorwhen i was carried on board.""I was immediately handled and tossedup to see if I were sound by some ofthe crew; and I was not persuaded thatI had gotten into a WORLD of bad spirits,and that they were going to kill me."Explanation:The CENTRAL idea of the paragraph iswhen Equiano first sees the sea andthe slave ship, as it is the moment thatwill give purpose to the rest of theparagraph; it is the main point of thenarration.The supporting details of the paragraphare what comes after the central idea,and what build up the paragraph'sstructure as they develop the mainidea with more detailed information. Inthis CASE, the supporting details showEquiano's fear as he is taken into theship. |
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