Read the excerpt below and answer the question. There was moment, in time, and in this place, when my brother, or my mother, or my father, or my sister,
had to convey to me, for example, the danger in which I was standing from the white man standing just
behind me, and to convey this with a speed, and in a language, that the white man could not possibly
understand, and that, indeed, he cannot understand, until today. He cannot afford to understand it. This
understanding would reveal to him too much about himself, and smash that mirror before which he has
been frozen for so long.

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This excerpt from "If Black English Isn't A Language, Then Tell Me, What is?" is significant because
that apply.

Hughes imagines himself as a black slave.

Hughes uses Black English to emphasize his argument.

Hughes uses a historical example to explain the origins of language.

Hughes explains the significance that Black English holds for white people.

"why will you take by force what you may obtain by love? why will you destroy us who supply you with food? what can you get by war? . . we are unarmed, and willing to give you what you ask, if you come in a friendly manner. . i am not so simple as not to know it is better to eat good meat, sleep comfortably, live quietly with my women and children, laugh and be merry with the english, and being their friend, trade for their copper and hatchets, than to run away from them. . take away your guns and swords, the cause of all our jealousy,or you may die in the same manner." - powhatan, father of pocahontas what does this quote from powhatan, father of pocahontas, reveal about his attitude towards the settlers of jamestown? a)he thinks they should try and live in peace because he desires goods to trade.b)he thinks they should leave jamestown or be prepared to be attacked by the native americans.eliminatec)he thinks that the settlers are going to attack first because they fear the native americans are armed.d)he thinks that the settlers will never be able to live in peace with the native americans because they are jealous.

Which best explains this excerpt’s purpose in the novel’s plot structure? the excerpt creates conflict between characters as part of the rising action. the excerpt provides background information on a character as part of the exposition. the excerpt returns a character to equilibrium as part of the falling action. the excerpt is the point of greatest tension and acts as the climax.

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