Erica+R

// Task 2: February 4, 2011 //

 * 1. ** I have a few strengths as a writer in persuasive, expository, and narrative essays. One of my most important strengths is word choice. I have really learned how to utilize a thesaurus. I understand which words need replacement, but I also know that not every word needs to be changed. Another strength would have to be conventions. I am pretty decent at grammar, and knowing where to put punctuations.
 * 2. ** As a writer, I also have weaknesses. The main two would have to be ideas and organization. My ideas are usually good for the topic, but I have a hard time presenting them and staying on topic with them. I struggle to provide relative details, and I always tend to get a little off topic. As for organization, I am not always great at putting y ideas together smoothly.
 * 3. ** My goal as a writer is to be able to know my audience, and improve on voice.

// Task 3: February 14, 2011 //

 * 1. ** Imagery is when the author uses descriptive words to give readers mental images of what is being described.
 * 1a. ** Darker, strong, beautiful, ashamed
 * 1b. ** These words show the author's progression throughout the poem. "Darker" shows that he is a minority race, and you can tell. "Strong" gives the mental image of him developing. "Beautiful" and "ashamed" show the image of who he turned out to be, and how he was viewed by others.


 * 2. ** Comparing two objects without like or as
 * 2a. ** America
 * 2b. ** America best displays the poem's overall meaning of equality because it is the "land of the free, home of the brave", and is supposed to represent equality. When he say "I, too, am America", it shows that he is equal to everyone else.


 * 3. ** A person or object that represents something much more deep and important to the theme
 * 3a. ** The table
 * 3b. ** Langston Hughes uses the symbol of the table to display equality. The author is saying that when he has to "eat in the kitchen", he is not being treated as an equal. The table represents him being as equal as everyone else, and when he gets to eat at the table, he is an equal.