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    LaNece Woodson Dr. Patricia Pallis English 102 13 May 2016 Poetic devices used in” Subject for English B” Since the start of our nation’s history‚ individuals of African descent have ceaselessly experienced oppression by those of European descent. Despite the fact that the condition of racial issues in the 1990’s is a huge change from the times of servitude‚ racial pressure still exists. In the 20th century‚ no time surpasses the 1950’s and 1960’s in connection to racial foul play and savagery.

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    II Figures of Speech Essay The Literary Working of Theme for English B Langston Hughes’ instillation of metaphors throughout his poem accentuates the theme concerning the integration of schools which conveys America’s ode to freedom and equality. In addition to the metaphors‚ irony is also displayed within the carefully crafted work of art‚ stressing the ridiculousness of society’s digressing of unity and togetherness. These literary devices are shown by the speaker’s inquiry of the paper he

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    Poetic Devices 1. Alliteration- The repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words. Ex: She sells sea shells by the sea shore. 2. Assonance- The repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds. Ex: The blue moon rose too soon. 3. Enjambment- The continuation of a sentence from one line to the next line.  When you are reading poetry‚ do not stop at the end of a line.  Read through until you hit punctuation that tells you to stop. Ex: “The setting sun/ slithers into

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    Theme For English B The physical structure of this poem has been altered from the original layout in the text.   The instructor said‚         Go home and write         a page tonight.         And let that page come out of you -         Then it will be true. 1.I wonder if it’s that simple? I am twenty-two‚ colored‚ born in Winston-Salem.  3.I went to school there‚ then Durham‚ then here to this college on the hill above Harlem. I am the only colored student in the class. The

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    Langston Hughes Analytical Poem: Theme For English B Langston Hughes is considered one of the most influential historical African American poets of his era. The Harlem Renaissance is portrayed in Hughes point of view‚ expressing countless amounts of poems that had a colossal effect on the time period. Many familiar themes are illustrated in Hughes’s poems‚ a major theme being African American struggle for Equality. The era was filled with segregation and injustice‚ which made Hughes’s not

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    Through his poem “Theme for English B”‚ Langston Hughes expresses his will to exterminate discrimination by proving that despite different skin colors‚ Americans all share similarities and learn from each other. Langston wrote the poem in 1900‚ when black Americans were not considered Americans. He talks about a black student being assigned to write a paper about himself. The audience is thus the student’s professor – the representation of the white Americans. Since the professor said: “let that

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    Both poets are considered dominant black poets and their works consist of day-to-day life of a typical African American man. These two poets discuss in very different ways the differences between white men and black men of their time. In “Theme for English B”‚ the writer (Langston Hughes) is assigned to write a page about himself. The instructor wanted him to do this because he thought whatever the student chose to write about would be the true self of that student. Hughes writes ‘Well‚ I like

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    In the poem "Theme for English B"‚ by Langston Hughes‚ Hughes talks about the African American struggle for equality. This is a common subject for Hughes. In many of his poems he speaks about blacks and the injustices that they face. Another common subject for Hughes is the town‚ Harlem‚ which is also mentioned in "Theme for English B."<br><br>The poem starts off with an instructor giving his students a paper to write‚ the instructor says to the student‚ "let that page come out of you-Then‚ it will

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    Analysis of Theme for English B Langston Hughes The premise behind this poem is that the speaker is a black college student whose instructor has given his students an assignment to write a paper about themselves. While the poem takes the reader through his walk home from class and his thought process about “who he is”‚ the final line of the poem‚ “This is my page for English B” (ll. 41) suggests that this poem is the paper he has written for class. Langston Hughes wrote this poem during the

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    The Pearl Literary Analysis Wallid Soukaki 8R Introduction/Thesis Statement: Kino Paragraph 1: Kino is an individual that knows the value of knowledge. Since he knows‚ he values it so much. Kino knows that the only way out of being the inferior group in his fishing village is to get educated. According to page 26 of The Pearl‚ ‘“My son will read and open the books‚ and my son will write and will know writing. And my son will make numbers‚ and these things will make us free because he will

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