A reference to Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing" => "I, Too". Langston Hughes' poem adds the African American identity to Whitman's list of ordinary people who constitute and contribute to American collective identity.
Paradox of social injustice => "I, Too". Hughes depicts the social inequality of black people, who are traditionally confined to servitude. He hopes, however, that this will change eventually.
Uses set meter and rhyme scheme => "From the Dark Tower". The poem's rhyme scheme is ABBA.
Symbol of wasted effort => "From the Dark Tower". Black people are the ones who plant, while white people reap.
Stone of anger and resentment => "From the Dark Tower". It depicts black people's anger at being constantly and systematically oppressed.
Uses free verse => "I, Too". Hughes' poem has a conversational tone. The free verse depicts the inner freedom that the speaker feels, and wants to transform into real freedom and equality.
Yours = possessive (possessing your speaking clear or otherwise)it = speakingeveryone = all people indefiniteit = clear speaking anyone = any person indefinitewho = demonstrative ?skill = demonstrative to "clear speaking" ?these = indefinitethings = indefiniteyou = personalyours = possessivewhat = interrogative you = personalit = indefinitewhatever = indefiniteus = indefinite
Read the passage from The Importance of Being Earnest.
Jack. . . . Old Mr. Thomas Cardew, who adopted me when I was a little boy, made me in his will guardian to his grand-daughter, Miss Cecily Cardew. Cecily, who addresses me as her uncle from motives of respect that you could not possibly appreciate, lives at my place in the country under the charge of her admirable governess, Miss Prism.
Algernon. Where is that place in the country, by the way?
Jack. That is nothing to you, dear boy. You are not going to be invited . . .
By refusing to let Algernon meet Cecily, what character trait does Jack display?
protectiveness
mischievousness
jealousy
<span>compassion
The answer is </span>protectiveness
Answer:
The first quotation advances the plot, the second one reveals the character traits of the speaker, the third quotation creates suspence, and the last one reveals motivation.
