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Read the excerpt from Zora Neale Hurston’s “John Redding Goes to Sea.”"Cose you allus tries tuh know mo' than me, but Ah ain't so ign'rant. Ah knows a heap mahself. Many and many's the people been drove outa their senses by conjuration, or rid tuh deat' by witches."Why does Zora Neale Hurston use non-academic English in this excerpt?

to emphasize the relationship between John and his parents

to provide a historical context in which the events occur

to portray the dialect of Black Americans during the period

to reflect the mixed emotions John’s mother has about her child

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

is thankful for the freedoms he has gained.

feels that equal opportunities are within reach.

strongly supports the idea of deferring the fight to a later time.

actively advocates the idea of fighting for equal treatment.

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

is hopeful all people will experience the same freedoms he enjoys.

will do whatever is necessary to gain equality for all.

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

has given up the idea that one day all people will be treated the same.

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

the idea that the action of the poem takes place at night.

the notion that Hughes lives in a fantasy world rather than reality.

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

the belief that dreams often remain unrealized due to oppression.

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

bravely stand up for what is right.

peacefully support change.

patiently wait for equality to come.

silently let change take its course.

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