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kotegsom
2 months ago
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Read the excerpt, and then complete the sentence that follows. Deferred by Langston Hughes (excerpt) This year, maybe, do you th

ink I can graduate? I’m already two years late. Dropped out six months when I was seven, a year when I was eleven, then got put back when we come North…
Maybe now I can have that white enamel stove I dreamed about when we first fell in love eighteen years ago. But you know, rooming and everything then kids...

Me, I always did want to study French. It don't make sense— I'll never go to France, but night schools teach French . . .

Someday, I'm gonna buy two new suits at once!
All I want is one more bottle of gin.
All I want is to see my furniture paid for.

Langston Hughes uses _______ and _______ jazz formats in this poem to emphasize how African American dreams remained unfulfilled.


Langston Hughes uses ______...
A.) Improvisation
B.) Scat
C.) Blues
D.) Alliteration

And... ______
A.) Swing
B.) Call and response
C.) Alliteration
D.) Syncopation
English
2 answers:
ddd [7.4K]2 months ago
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Answer: A) Improvisation and D) Syncopation

Langston Hughes was influenced by the jazz music flourishing during the Harlem Renaissance. In the excerpt, two key jazz characteristics stand out.

Improvisation appears through the conversational style, resembling a "call and response" interaction where speakers react to one another. Additionally, Hughes employs syncopation, which involves placing emphasis in unexpected places, creating a disrupted rhythmic flow.

hammer [7.6K]2 months ago
5 0
<span>In the Harlem Renaissance era, the fusion of improvisation and syncopation with poetry gave rise to jazz poetry.
The accurate answers are:
Langston Hughes incorporates IMPROVISATION and SYNCOPATION jazz styles in his poem to highlight how African American aspirations remained unmet.

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