English, 30.12.2019 19:31 anthonybowie99
Plsss me its a harlem renaissance quiz ill mark a brainles plss
ellen was known for having diverse talents; she ran a successful flower shop and repaired cars in her spare time. her talents were
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common and boring common and boring
different and varied different and varied
artistic and intellectual
repetitive and predictable
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the butcher unsheathed his knife and began cutting the meat. by “unsheathed,” we mean that he:
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placed it into a wooden knife block
sharpened it with a whetstone
set it down on a table
removed it from a protective case
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in the poem "the tropics in new york," in lines 6–8, where does the speaker envision the fruit to be?
…of fruit-trees laden by low-singing rills,
and dewy dawns, and mystical skies
in benediction over nun-like hills.”
question 3 options:
on trees
at a church
in a kitchen
at a fair
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in “the tropics in new york,” the speaker remembers the homeland’s skies as being
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blocked by skyscrapers.
forever cloudy.
dusky gray.
mystical blue.
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which line from “the tropics in new york” tells you the speaker is not in the tropics when the poem is written?
question 5 options:
“bananas ripe and green, and ginger-root”
set in the window, bringing memories”
“in benediction over nun-like hills.”
“i turned aside and bowed my head and wept.”
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when a person gives a benediction at a meal, he or she is giving a
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compliment to the cook
serving the meat
blessing over the food
serving the dessert
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when a person gazes at a piece of art, they are
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looking intently
staring into space
closing their eyes
looking away
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in “mother to son”, langston hughes most likely uses words like i’se, climbin’, kinder, and ain’t because of all of the following except
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he wants to create a lyrical, rhythmic quality
he wants to convey the dialect and essence of the time period
he uses contractions that mirror everyday speech to the reader relate to the character.
he wants to portray the mother as an african-american from a rural area who is most likely uneducated
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in “mother to son”, which poetic device does langston hughes use and why?
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he uses similes to compare life’s hardships to ordinary, everyday things
he uses a metaphor to compare life to a staircase
he uses an extended metaphor to compare life’s hardships and successes to a staircase
he uses hyperbole because everybody knows that life is a lot different than a staircase
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in “mother to son”, “tacks” most likely represents
question 10 options:
something that hurt us physically
small obstacles that we don’t necessarily see coming and can slow us down or cause harm
small obstacles that can be easily overcome
events in life which are emotionally painful
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English, 22.06.2019 06:00, madone8365
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?
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English, 22.06.2019 12:30, tamya12234
Match the bolded words in the excerpts to their contextual meanings. unoriginal well-groomed numerous he was a gentleman from sole to crown, clean favored and imperially slim. (from "richard cory" by edwin arlington robinson) this debt we pay to human guile; with torn and bleeding hearts we smile, and mouth with myriad subtleties. (from "we wear the mask" by paul lawrence dunbar) . .if it must, these things are important not because a high-sounding interpretation can be put upon them but because they are useful. when they become so derivative as to become unintelligible, the same thing may be said for all of us, that we do not admire what we cannot understand. . (from "poetry" by marianne moore)
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