Read the excerpt from "harlem."

does it stink like rotten meat?
or crust and sugar over-
like a syrupy sweet?

me !

read the excerpt from "the weary blues."

droning a drowsy syncopated tune
rocking back and forth to a mellow croon

in both poems, hughes uses the imagery to

a. establish tone.
b. offer background information.
c. convey a criticism.
d. conjure pleasant memories.

Jargon is a specialized vocabulary of a particular group trade or profession

Although the account is in good standing at this point in time. is this sentence incomplete or complete?

Now close reading is an essential and foundational skill needed to succeed in any language arts course. acquiring this skill will you form a strategy when writing about literature. you will be required to perform and develop this skill as you progress through this course and other courses in your school career. identify and discuss your areas of strength in language arts. what do you do well? what do you like doing in a course like this? why do those tasks work well for you? you can also identify a challenge you have that you’d like to work on throughout this course. use this discussion as an opportunity to give advice to your classmates based on your stronger skills and to ask for with skills you are still developing.