Ambiguity: The multiple meanings, eather intentional or unintentional, of a word, prase, sentence, or passage. Ambiguity implies that either meaning could be correct.
Example:
" I began to want to live upon free land as well as with Freeland;..."
Douglass intentionally created this as an abigous sentence because he's talking about the actual land where he can be free. But at the same time, he says he rather stay with Mr.Freeland because he treated him pretty well. He liked the way he lived with Mr.Freeland but he knew that he would be more happy if he had his freedom, even thought he felt liek he was free with Mr.Freeland.
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