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Thank You, Ma’am
Langston Hughes
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Langston Hughes
b. 1902d. 1967
“I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
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The general message or idea that an author wishes to convey in a work
Literary Terms: Theme
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• Winter, Sickness, and Death
• Self-sacrifice
• Friendship
• Hard Work
Story Themes
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Mrs. Jones• Walking alone
at night• Lives in
boarding house• Beans and ham
Roger• No parent
figure• hungry• dirty
PovertyStory Themes
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• Life Lessons–Trust–Accountability–Empathy–Kindness
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Other Themes?
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Literary Terms: Point of View
The perspective or “eyes” or “voice” through which a story is told.
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Literary Terms: POV
3rd Person Limited mostly “fly on the wall” but slightly in Roger’s point of view
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Literary Terms: Symbols
A thing that represents an idea.
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Literary Terms: Symbols
Shoes
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Literary Terms: Dialect
• Words or phrases that reflect the “regional variety of a language”
• Often includes slang
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Dialect Examples p 16
* ain’t * I didn’t aim to
* gonna * sit you down
* could of * I were* late as it be * fix us
Ebonics – Black English
Other Types of English?
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Literary Terms: Rhyme / Alliteration/ Repetition
• Words or phrases that end with the same sound.
• Words that begin with the same sound.
• Repeating words or phrases for emphasis.
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“Harlem” Langston
Hughes
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HarlemWhat happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry upLike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore —And then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over —like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.Or does it explode?
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HarlemWhat happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry upLike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore —And then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over —like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.Or does it explode?
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HarlemWhat happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry upLike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore —And then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over —like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.Or does it explode?
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If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking Emily Dickinson
If I can stop one Heart from breaking
I shall not live in vain If I can ease one life the Aching Or cool one Pain Or help one fainting Robin Unto his Nest again I shall not live in Vain.
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If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking Emily Dickinson
If I can stop one Heart from breaking
I shall not live in vain If I can ease one life the Aching Or cool one Pain Or help one fainting Robin Unto his Nest again I shall not live in Vain.
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Review Idioms
• Get through with
• Make a dash for
• Set the table
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Who?
• Roger
• Mrs. Jones
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When / Where?
• 1950s
• Any Large City in America
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What / Why?
• Theft occurs
• Roger wants something
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• How old is Roger? Mrs. Jones? How does Roger get caught by Mrs. Jones?
• Why does Roger tell her the truth about running? Why did Roger try to steal the purse?
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• How does Mrs. Jones feel about Roger? Is she angry at him? Does she like him?
• Why does she take him home? How does she treat him at home?
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• How does Mrs. Jones treat Roger initially? How does this behavior change?
• Find sentences that demonstrate that Mrs. Jones understands Roger very well.
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• What kind of details does Hughes use in the description of Roger? Of Mrs. Jones?
• Why does Mrs. Jones give Roger the money? Does this action cost her anything?
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• Do you think Mrs. Jones’ actions changed Roger’s life?
• Would you have done what Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones did?
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