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.

Which phrase best describes the connotation of the word "reigns"?

A) A sense of opportunity and growth

B) A sense of fear and anxiety

C) A sense of compassion and humanity

D) A sense of oppression and domination

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Madisyn Keith

15 December, 20:49

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.

Which phrase best describes the connotation of the word "reigns"?

A) A sense of opportunity and growth

B) A sense of fear and anxiety

C) A sense of compassion and humanity

D) A sense of oppression and domination

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Cindy Lang · Answer 1

The phrase "A sense of oppression and domination" best describes the connotation of the word "reigns". It describes something that is superior to others. An example of this in a sentence is "The king reigns in his kingdom." In that sentence, it means that the king is dominant or superior to his kingdom.