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Pretend that you are presenting an argument to a Board of Education. You can choose whether to argue either for or against teaching the novel in the school curriculum. Treat it like an extended argumentative paragraph where you state your position and provide 3 specific reasons why board members should vote in your favor. Reasons should be supported with detailed evidence. As you structure your argument, think about what objections might come from different members of the community--including parents, teachers, religious leaders, students, and administrators.

It's to know your purpose before you read something because a purpose can:

Roger is really good at baseball. he would make a great class president. which type of logical fallacy is this an example of? a. bandwagon b. non sequitur c. ad hominem d. slippery slope

The harlem renaissance dawned in an era of pervasive racism and segregation. although legally "free," many african americans were still bound by ideas that had their roots in the slavery of earlier centuries. identity and freedom are important ideas presented in many of the poems from the harlem renaissance. furthermore, the values of identity and freedom are not unique to particular times and places. as hughes expresses in "dream variations," all humans want to be able to develop their identities in freedom. what role does freedom play in the poems you read in this unit? what is required of a society to enable each individual to be true to his or her identity and be free to live by that identity? write about at least three of the poems, describing how the poet uses imagery to depict freedom and identity, the lack of it, or the desire for it.