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Essay Topic 1

Annis cannot stop crying after her mother is taken. Compare and contrast Annis’s grief to the grief of the lady when her husband dies.

Essay Topic 2

Annis and other slaves are taken on a forced march south to be sold at slave markets in New Orleans. What are the conditions on the march? Were the slaves treated humanely or inhumanely?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Let Us Descend? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters, especially Annis? How does the point of view help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 4

Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes...

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