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What kind of
poetic structure does Raymond Patterson use to covey meaning to his readers in
"Twenty-six Ways of Looking at a Blackman."
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short verse such as couplets, triads
and quatrains
2.
division of verse follows an
elementary, alphabetical pattern
3.
metaphoric language
4.
abstract description
5.
all of the above
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But
Having shed the illusions in mastering the stone.
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The speaker in
this poem presents an metaphoric view of death "as living color" and "chained to
change" in an attempt to explain an incomprehensible mystery to the
bereaved.
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The speaker
in this poem is relating a death ritual about the soul's transcendence to the
spirit world.
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Poetry is a
dangerous art form because it empowers language in unique ways that make humans
think and question the nature of the world around them.
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Match the
poem with the correct author Answer
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A. B. C.
D. E.
"to my friend, jerina"
Read Answer Items for Question 7
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A. B. C.
D. E.
Meta-A and the A of the Absolutes
Read Answer Items for Question 7
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A. B. C.
D. E.
How the Rainbow Works
Read Answer Items for Question 7
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A. B. C.
D. E.
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Read Answer Items for Question 7
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A. B. C.
D. E.
The Idea of Ancestry
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A.
Al Young
B.
Derek Walcott
C.
Lucille
Clifton
D.
Etheridge
Knight
E.
Jay Wright
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Derek Walcott
creates vivid imagery of downtown Newark on Christmas eve with descriptions such
as
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1.
let it not shine like spit on a
doorstep
2.
the sky is full of crystal splinters
3.
every shadow seems to stagger under
the fiery acids of neon
4.
all of the above
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In "Your Revolution" Sarah
Jones
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a.
remixes Gil Scott Heron's "The
Revolution Will Not be Televised"
b.
feels that sex is a revolutionary
act that will bring men and women closer
c.
critiques sexist lyrics in hip hop
rhetoric
d.
both a and c
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In "We Made It" Sunni Patterson
personifies death
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a.
because it is a natural transition
from life
b.
because it don't come easy
c.
to remind us not to fear it
d.
none of the above
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Match the
character to the action.
Answer
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A. B. C.
D. E.
Gleason Golightly Read Answer Items for Question 11
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A. B. C.
D. E.
Referendum Vote Read Answer Items for Question 11
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A. B. C.
D. E.
Jewish Community Read Answer Items for Question 11
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A. B. C.
D. E.
The Supreme Court Read Answer Items for Question 11
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A. B. C.
D. E.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
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A.
Uncle Tom
B.
70/30
C.
Ann Frank
Committee
D.
Refused to
intervene
E.
Blacks were
forced to leave
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"The Space
Traders" is an allegory. Do you think that the events in the short story could
actually happen? Defend your answer by comparing the events that occur with the
political, economic and social climate of today.
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a.
because it is a natural transition from
life
b.
because it don't come easy
c.
to
remind us not to fear it
d.
none of the above
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Black Ice
feels that communities are being destroyed by poverty and neglect which can only
be reversed through consciousness, imagination and right action.
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In "Hell" Talib Kweli criticizes the many contradictions of organized religions
and questions if its purpose is to simply control human beings.
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Traditionally Griots and Griottes served the community by keeping the oral
history and providing entertainment by memorizing extended narrative poetry.
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