Alexander+Baldwin

Task 1

Sentence 1: He ate the cat's food. Sentence 2: The books sat on the men's shelves, and soon became the wives' favorite books. Sentence 3: The car's engine fell out of the car, rolled down the hill, bounced off of the rocks, hit the women's legs, and made her drop her children's presents.

Task 2

My writing is OK overall. However I could improve in some areas. I need to improve in ideas by providing more details and being less repetitive. I was not very good at not being repetitive. I repeated the same things over and over again. I also need to improve my word choice which should not be too hard. I would only need to pay more attention to not repeating words. I also need to do better in voice by showing a better sense of audience.

Task 3

1. Define Imagery: Words and phrases that describe the concrete expierience of the five sense, most often sight. 1a. List the words of Imagery: darker, beautiful, kitchen, But I laugh, and grow strong, 1b. Explain how these words create your image/ experience of the poem: From these words i can picture the poem in action, they help me form a mental image.

2. Define Metaphor: concise form of comparison equating two thing that may at first seem completely dissimilar, often abstraction and a concrete image 2a. List the most important metaphor: I, too, am America. 2b. Explain how the metaphor best display's the poem's overall meaning of equality: This metaphor shows that he is part a America too, and should not be treated like less than he is.

3. Define Symbol: a symbol is invested with significance beyond what it would carry out on its own. 3a. List the major symbol of the poem: The table 3b. Langston Hughes uses the symbol of the table to display the coming together of everyone in the country.