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Theaopoemsao"IaoHearaoAmericaaoSinging"aoandao"I,aoToo"aospeakaoofaotheaoAmericanaoi
dentity,aobutaotheyaodifferaoinaomanyaoways.aoWhichaoanalysisaocorrectlyaopresentsaotheao
contrastaobetweenaotheaotwoaopoems?ao-ans--
aoInaoWhitman'saopoem,aotheaoworkersaouseaotheiraovoicesaotoaoproclaimaoanaoAmericana
oidentityaoinaowhichaoeachaopersonaoplaysaoanaoequalaopart.aoInaocontrast,aoinaoHughes'sa
opoem,aotheaospeaker'saovoiceaoisaostifledaowhenaoheaoisaosentaotoaotheaokitchen,aodemon
stratingaothataonotaoeveryoneaohasaoanaoequalaoopportunityaotoaobeaopartaoofaotheaoAmeri
canaoidentity.

WhyaodoesaotheaospeakeraoinaothisaoexcerptaofromaoLangstonaoHughes'sao"I,aoToo"aowish
aotoaoeataoataotheaotable?


Tomorrow,
I'llaobeaoataotheaotable
Whenaocompanyaocomes.
Nobody'llaodare
Sayaotoaome,
"Eataoinaotheaokitchen,"
Then.ao-ans--
aoTheaospeakeraoresentsaobeingaosentaotoaotheaokitchenaoandaowantsaoanaoequalaoseataoa
taotheaotableaowithaootheraopeople.

ReadaothisaoexcerptaofromaotheaoCherokeeaocreationaostoryao"HowaotheaoWorldaoWasaoM
ade":

Thisaostoryaocontainsaoelementsaoofaowhichaotwoaotypesaoofaocreationaostories?ao-ans--
aoearthaodiveraoandaoemergence


Whichaosixaosentencesaofromaothisaocreationaostoryaobestaoshowaotheaoelementsaoofaoana
oearthaodiveraostory?ao-ans--
ao1.aoTheaoHogaaocameaodownaofromaoaboveaoandaofoundaoEarthaocoveredaowithaowater.
2.aoSoaotheyaosentaoMuskrataodownaointoaotheaowater.
3.aoThenaotheyaosentaoLoonaodown.
4.aoThenaotheyaosentaoBeaveraodownaointoaotheaowater.
5.aoWhenaoheaocameaoupaothereaowasaoaaolittleaomudaoinaohisaoclaws.
6.aoButaotheaopeopleaotookaotheaomudaooutaoofaohisaoclawsaoandaomadeaotheaoland.

, WhichaophraseaoinaothisaoexcerptaofromaoTheaoRedeemedaoCaptiveaobyaoJohnaoWilliamsa
odemonstratesaoaaoPuritanaoinfluence?ao-ans--
aoheaopulledaooffaoaaocrucifixaofromaohisaoownaoneck


Whichaoofaotheseaothemesaoareaotypicallyaofoundaoinaocolonialaoliterature?
I.God
II.religiousaopersecution
III.theaonobility
IV.interactionaowithaoAmericanaoIndians
V.scienceao-ans--aoI,aoII,aoandaoIV

Readaotheaoexcerptaofromao"ThoughtsaoonaotheaoWorksaoofaoProvidence"aobyaoPhillisaoW
heatleyaoandaocompleteaotheaosentenceaothataofollows.ao-ans--
aoTheaoexcerptaohasaotheaocharacteristicsaoofaoaaoneoclassicalaopoem,aoincludingaoitsaous
ageaoofaoheroicaocoupletsaoandaoitsaoelevatedaostyleaoofaolanguage.

Whichaoliteraryaodeviceaohasaobeenaousedaoinaotheaounderlinedaoline?
Oraotheaosunaoslumbersaoinaotheaoocean'saoarms:ao-ans--aopersonification

TheaoexcerptaoisaotakenaofromaoPatrickaoHenry'saofamousao"Giveaomeaolibertyaooraogiveao
meaodeath"aospeechaotoaotheaoSecondaoVirginiaaoConventionaoinao1775.aoWhichaosenten
ceaosuggestsaothataoPatrickaoHenryaobelievedaoBritishaoruleaoinaotheaoAmericanaocolonies
aowasaotyrannical?ao-ans--
aoForaomyaoownaopart,aoIaoconsideraoitaoasaonothingaolessaothanaoaaoquestionaoofaofreedo
maooraoslavery

WhichaostatementaobestaodescribesaoThomasaoPaine'saoargumentaoinaothisaoexcerptaofro
maoCommonaoSense?

Iaohaveaoheardaoitaoassertedaobyaosome,aothataoasaoAmericaaohathaoflourishedaounderaoh
eraoformeraoconnectionaowithaoGreataoBritainaothataotheaosameaoconnectionaoisaonecessa
ryaotowardsaoheraofutureaohappiness,aoandaowillaoalwaysaohaveaotheaosameaoeffect.aoNot
hingaocanaobeaomoreaofallaciousaothanaothisaokindaoofaoargument.aoWeaomayaoasaowellaoa
ssertaothataobecauseaoaaochildaohasaothrivedaouponaomilkaothataoitaoisaoneveraotoaohaveao
meat,aooraothataotheaofirstaotwentyaoyearsaoofaoouraolivesaoisaotoaobecomeaoaaoprecedentao
foraotheaonextaotwenty.aoButaoevenaothisaoisaoadmittingaomoreaothanaoisaotrue,aoforaoIaoans
weraoroundly,aothataoAmericaaowouldaohaveaoflourishedaoasaomuch,aoandaoprobablyaomuc
haomore,aohadaonoaoEuropeanaopoweraohadaoanyaothingaotoaodoaowithaoher.aoTheaocomm
erce,aobyaowhichaosheaohathaoenrichedaoherself,aoareaotheaonecessariesaoofaolife,aoandao
willaoalwaysaohaveaoaaomarketaowhileaoeatingaoisaotheaocustomaoofaoEurope.ao-ans--
aoHeaorefutesaotheaoideaaothataoAmericaaodependsaoonaoBritain,aousingaotheaoopinionaoth
ataoAmerica'saotradeaohasaoaaosecureaofuture.

WhataoisaotheaomainaopurposeaoofaotheaofinalaosentenceaoinaotheaoexcerptaofromaoThoma
saoPaine'saoCommonaoSense?