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In the third paragraph of the passage from the "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave", the author uses literary elements such as syntax, figurative language, and detail. Frederick Douglass uses these key elements to distinquish the third paragraph from the rest of the passage , as well as, reinforce his rhetorical purpose, which is to persuade against slavery. First, Douglass uses syntax throughout the third paragraph mainly to emphasize thoughts, such as the repetition of the word "O". The use of repetition emphasizes the words following "O", for example, "O that I were free." This emphasis on the words " that I were free" are used to persua