Read the excerpt from their eyes were watching god. mrs. turner finally rose to go after being very firm about several other viewpoints of either herself, her son or her brother. she begged janie to drop in on her anytime, but never once mentioning tea cake. finally she was gone and janie hurried to her kitchen to put on supper and found tea cake sitting in there with his head between his hands. “tea cake! ah didn’t know you wuz home.” “ah know yuh didn’t. ah been heah uh long time listenin’ to dat heifer run me down tuh de dawgs uh try tuh tole you off from me.” how does hurston convey her own cultural experiences?

Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) is a novel by African American author Zola Neale Hurston. While it was poorly received when published, it is now one of the most celebrated American novels of the 20th century.

In this excerpt, Hurston conveys her own cultural experiences by her use of dialect. The way she portrays Tea Cake's speech shows her personal experiences as a black woman living in the Southern U. S. during this time period.

1. drag the central argument paine presents and its two claims to complete the chart. argument claims america may have flourished more had it not been under the power of any european country. america may have flourished under britain in the past, but there is no guarantee that it will continue to flourish in the future. america will continue to flourish as long as the essential food products it sells are bought and eaten in europe. the american colonies will no longer flourish when britain makes war against them. britain's king has shown himself to be prejudiced against the colonies, rather than wanting them to flourish.

2.select the sentence in this passage that can be classified as a false statement.

although few humans per year are attacked by polar bears, any individual attack can be terrifying and even fatal. the warming of arctic regions has allowed the intrusion of humans into the polar bears’ habitat, increasing the danger of harmful contacts. remaining alert and using precautions can humans avoid a negative encounter with a polar bear. traveling together and staying close to the group can humans avoid bear attacks. certain weapons, including nonlethal ones such as pepper spray, are effective against polar bears. once a bear has decided to attack, however, nothing can be done.

3.select the sentence in this passage that demonstrates the fallacy of making an extreme either-or claim.

the civil war was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the united states. more than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives. the fighting took place in many different cities and throughout the countryside. the wounded often suffered acute pain while in the field hospitals. they all should have asked for better care. william hammond, the surgeon general of the union army, created a new system of sanitary field care. if people do not accept hammond as the most important person from the civil war, they have no understanding of the war.