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    This document provides excerpts from several poems related to African American heritage and asks the student to analyze them by identifying literary devices. It introduces Langston Hughes' poems "Harlem" and "I, Too" and asks the student to find examples of personification, simile, and point of view. It also provides James Weldon Johnson's poem "My City" about New York City and asks the student to analyze figurative language and tone. Finally, it shares an excerpt from Jean Toomer's "Storm Ending" and asks the student to define oxymoron and paradox, identifying an example in the poem.

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    This document provides excerpts from several poems related to African American heritage and asks the student to analyze them by identifying literary devices. It introduces Langston Hughes' poems "Harlem" and "I, Too" and asks the student to find examples of personification, simile, and point of view. It also provides James Weldon Johnson's poem "My City" about New York City and asks the student to analyze figurative language and tone. Finally, it shares an excerpt from Jean Toomer's "Storm Ending" and asks the student to define oxymoron and paradox, identifying an example in the poem.

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    This document provides excerpts from several poems related to African American heritage and asks the student to analyze them by identifying literary devices. It introduces Langston Hughes' poems "Harlem" and "I, Too" and asks the student to find examples of personification, simile, and point of view. It also provides James Weldon Johnson's poem "My City" about New York City and asks the student to analyze figurative language and tone. Finally, it shares an excerpt from Jean Toomer's "Storm Ending" and asks the student to define oxymoron and paradox, identifying an example in the poem.

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    This document provides excerpts from several poems related to African American heritage and asks the student to analyze them by identifying literary devices. It introduces Langston Hughes' poems "Harlem" and "I, Too" and asks the student to find examples of personification, simile, and point of view. It also provides James Weldon Johnson's poem "My City" about New York City and asks the student to analyze figurative language and tone. Finally, it shares an excerpt from Jean Toomer's "Storm Ending" and asks the student to define oxymoron and paradox, identifying an example in the poem.

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    AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE

    Poetry & Literary Devices


    Name
 _____________________________________
 
 Period
_____
 
 Date
_______________



    1. Read “Harlem” by Langston Hughes.


    What
is
PERSONIFICATION?
 giving
_______________
characteristics
to
things
that
aren’t
_________


    What
is
a
SIMILE?
 a
comparison
using
_________
or

____


    Find
an
example
of
a
simile
in
“Harlem”
and
list
it
here:


    2. Read “I, Too” by Langston Hughes.


    From
what
point‐of‐view
is
this
poem
written?
 _______________________


    How
does
this
affect
the
tone
of
the
work?


    The
author
is
African‐American.

Based
on
his
words,
what
is
his
attitude
towards
America?


    MY
CITY

    

    When
I
come
down
to
sleep
death's
endless
night,

    The
threshold
of
the
unknown
dark
to
cross,

    What
to
me
then
will
be
the
keenest
loss,

    When
this
bright
world
blurs
on
my
fading
sight?

    Will
it
be
that
no
more
I
shall
see
the
trees

    Or
smell
the
flowers
or
hear
the
singing
birds

    Or
watch
the
flashing
streams
or
patient
herds?

    No,
I
am
sure
it
will
be
none
of
these.


    

    But,
ah!
Manhattan's
sights
and
sounds,
her
smells,

    Her
crowds,
her
throbbing
force,
the
thrill
that
comes

    From
being
of
her
a
part,
her
subtle
spells,

    Her
shining
towers,
her
avenues,
her
slums‐‐

    O
God!
the
stark,
unutterable
pity,

    To
be
dead,
and
never
again
behold
my
city!


    ‐
James
Weldon
Johnson
‐

    
 What
is
the
author
writing
about
here?
 ___________

____________

____________


    
 How
does
he
feel
about
New
York?


    
 Alliteration=repetition
of
consonant
sounds.

    
 
Find
an
example
in
the
poem:
 ____________________________________


    
 How
does
he
describe
the
city?
 ___________________________________________________


    Storm Ending Jean
Toomer

    Thunder
blossoms
gorgeously
above
our
heads,
 
 
 

    Great,
hollow,
bell‐like
flowers,
 
 
 
 
 

    Rumbling
in
the
wind,
 
 
 
 
 
 

    Stretching
clappers
to
strike
our
ears
...

    Full‐lipped
flowers

    Bitten
by
the
sun
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

    Bleeding
rain

    Dripping
rain
like
golden
honey
‐‐
 
 
 
 
 

    And
the
sweet
earth
flying
from
the
thunder.

    


    Look
up
and
define
the
words
“oxymoron”
and
“paradox.”


    Oxymoron:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


    Paradox:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


    
“Thunder
blossoms”
is
an
example
of
a
paradox.


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