Langston Hughes

Select two poems Bold text End from the list of four poems provided. How does the poet build the poem’s meaning throughout the text?

Assignment: The power of words Select two poems Bold text End from the list of four poems provided next: Bold text start”You are Love(d)” by Erica Violet Lee Bold text End Bold text start“I Lost My Talk” by Rita Joe Bold text End Bold text start“I, Too” by Langston Hughe Bold text End Bold text […]

Read Raisin in the sun by Lorraine Hansberry. How does Hansberry develop the thematic idea of leaving a legacy to one’s children?

Discussion Board Question – Raisin Read Raisin in the sun by Lorraine Hansberry (you could use the attached link https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/raisin/summary/ for reference) and need answers for the below two of the posted questions. Answers should be brief and precise. Usually, a few sentences are sufficient, but feel free to add more as needed. 1. The […]

 In a one-paragraph rhetorical essay, compare and contrast how Walt Whitman in “I Hear America Singing” and Langston Hughes in “I, too” both use rhetorical choices to achieve their purposes for each one of their texts.

Rhetorical Essay In a one-paragraph rhetorical essay, compare and contrast how Walt Whitman in “I Hear America Singing” and Langston Hughes in “I, too” both use rhetorical choices to achieve their purposes for each one of their texts. Explain whether you feel they were successful, or not.

Using Langston Hughes’s poems The Weary Blues and Harlem: Explain what is the significance of his use of metaphors in relation to his themes?

The Weary Blues Question Using Langston Hughes’s poems The Weary Blues and Harlem: Explain what is the significance of his use of metaphors in relation to his themes? Use your essay outline draft on Hughes metaphors and theme into a formal essay outline

 In Langston Hughes’ short story “Passing,” what dream of Jack’s was realized? What dream was deferred?

“Home” and “Passing.” Some of the themes that appear often in the short stories and poems of Langston Hughes include dreams both realized and deferred, and the meaning of home. In “Home” and “Passing,” we encountered each of these themes in different ways. For your first short answers paper, you will write about these themes […]

Write an essay discussing what popular movies or tv shows address the topic of coming of age?

ASSIGNMENT Paper should be on answering the following question: What popular movies or tv shows address the topic of coming of age? Choose one and discuss how it answer the question “What does it mean to grow up?”. Include an MLA style Works Cited page for the readings you use to support your post. Make […]

Write a definition paper by examining the concept of freedom. Explain what concrete general and specific examples of freedom could you give to your reader from the text?

Freedom Prompt: The theme of freedom is found to varying degrees in many selections in our textbook as well as other texts, television shows, films, history, and contemporary society. Though there are many examples, some examples from Portable Literature include: “The Storm” by Kate Chopin “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien “The Yellow Wallpaper” […]

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