Which of the following best illustrates a failure to listen with an open mind? a. Josh was texting his girlfriend while listening to the audio clip of Dr. King's speech.
b. Faith felt that Dr. King's views were biased before she listened to the audio clip of his speech and knew she would be bored during most of it.
c. Steve only listened to a minute of the speech before deciding that he had gotten the main idea and stopped listening.
d. None of the above.

Langston hughes cited walt whitman as one of his greatest influences and some believe that hughes wrote "i, too, sing america" in response to whitman's "i hear america singing." using on whitman's poem. consider aspects such as structure, there, word, choice, etc., as you craft your response. your response will be scored on how well you: -demonstrate your understanding of the ideas of the text -use evidence from the text to develop and support your ideas -organize your response in a logical manner -demonstrate an appropriate writing style through the use of precise word choice and varied sentences -use standard conventions for writing