When presenting a speech on the evaluation of jazz as a musical art form in America, Marcus first spoke about ragtime jazz in the early twentieth century, he followed this information with points about swing jazz in the 1940’s, modern jazz, progressive, jazz in the 1950’s, and smooth jazz frequently heard today. Marcus’s speech was organized according to which pattern of organization? Chronological pattern Spatial pattern Topical Pattern Developmental pattern

When should readers refer to a dictionary instead of relying on context clues? select all that apply. when they have timeeach unfamiliar word they findwhen the surrounding words are unfamiliarwhen an unfamiliar word appears frequently

In the poem "we wear the mask," paul laurence dunbar voices his repressed anger and frustration toward american society. he repeats the title phrase three times in the poem, using the words mask and we to show that the first use of the phrase is matter-of-fact. in the second stanza, the statement is followed by a period, which shows resignation. however, at the end of the poem, dunbar almost shouts the phrase defiantly. the mask seems to become something he wears proudly. through this gradual emphasis on the phrase, dunbar could be implying that

How does the literature of this period influence future generations of american literature? where have you seen traces of these themes and how were they presented in the other literature you read?