Read the excerpt, and then complete the sentence that follows. deferred by langston hughes (excerpt) this year, maybe, do you think i can graduate? i’m already two years late. dropped out six months when i was seven, a year when i was eleven, then got put back when we come north…

maybe now i can have that white enamel stove i dreamed about when we first fell in love eighteen years ago. but you know, rooming and everything then

me, i always did want to study french. it don't make sense— i'll never go to france, but night schools teach french . .

someday, i'm gonna buy two new suits at once!
all i want is one more bottle of gin.
all i want is to see my furniture paid for.

langston hughes uses and jazz formats in this poem to emphasize how african american dreams remained unfulfilled.

langston hughes uses
a.) improvisation
b.) scat
c.) blues
d.) alliteration


a.) swing
b.) call and response
c.) alliteration
d.) syncopation

In a 10-12 sentence response-style paragraph, explore the degree to which you agree or disagree with faulkner’s message. “i believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. he is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. the poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. it is his privilege to man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. the poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to him endure and prevail” (faulkner 773-775).

Read the following excerpt from leslie marmon silko’s story "the man to send rain clouds." the priest stared down at his scuffed brown loafers and the worn hem of his cassock. “for a christian burial it was necessary.” his voice was distant, and leon thought that his blue eyes looked tired. “it's o. k., father, we just want him to have plenty of water.” the priest sank down into the green chair and picked up a glossy missionary magazine. he turned the colored pages full of lepers and pagans without looking at them. “you know i can't do that, leon. there should have been the last rites and a funeral mass at the very least.” leon put on his green cap and pulled the flaps down over his ears. “it's getting late, father. i've got to go.” which of the following statements best describes the thematic significance of this dialogue? this dialogue emphasizes the ongoing personal conflict between leon and father paul. this conversation between leon and father paul makes it clear that they will never come to an agreement. leon’s and father paul’s differing perspectives of the situation reflect their larger cultural conflicts. leon’s hasty exit from father paul’s house reflects his discomfort with the priest and christianity.

[1] on her way home from practice, rebekka found a gold man’s watch. [2] she wasn’t sure what to do. [3] there was no name engraved on the back. [4] looking at the gold links on the band, the watch seemed to rebekka to be expensive. [5] she felt badly that someone had lost such a nice watch. what is the best revision of the troublesome modifier in sentence 5?