Contemporary Indigenous American Voices

Question 1

Which excerpt from Hurston’s “John Redding Goes to Sea” is an example of non-academic English?

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"Aw, woman, stop dat talk 'bout conjure. Tain't so nohow. Ah doan want Jawn tuh git dat foolishness in him."

Question 2

In Langston Hughes’s poem “I Dream a World,” the repetition of the word “dream” emphasizes

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the fact that equality is a desired but seemingly unattainable goal.

Question 3

Read the excerpt from “I Dream a World” by Langston Hughes.A world I dream where black or white,Whatever race you be,Will share the bounties of the earthAnd every man is free,Where wretchedness will hang its headAnd joy, like a pearl,Attends the needs of all mankind—Of such I dream, my world!Based on the dreams that the speaker describes, it is reasonable to infer that the speaker

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lives in a time and place where equality does not exist.

Question 4

The speaker in Hughes’s poem “Democracy” encourages people to

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bravely stand up for what is right.

Question 5

Langston Hughes yearns for equality in the poem “I Dream A World,” while in the poem “Democracy” he

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actively advocates the idea of fighting for equal treatment.

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