“Harlem: A Dream Deferred”
by Langston Hughes
What happened to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun
Or a fester like a sore-
And then run?
Does it sink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over-
Like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just says
Like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
What is this poem trying to tell you about life?

How does the poem’s mood and tone change in each of these stages? odes and elgies

Read the excerpt from martin luther king jr.’s “i have a dream” speech. the negro is still languishing in the corners of american society and finds himself an exile in his own land. and so we’ve come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. the emotional connotation of the underlined word king express his a. indecision. b. hopefulness. c. spirituality. d. outrage.

Read the passage. (1) the first skateboard was constructed of old roller-skate wheels attached to a piece of wood. (2) improvements were made to the skateboard in 1959. (3) the year that the first commercially made skateboard appeared. (4) soon after, skateboarding began to grow in popularity. (5) in 1963, skateboard manufacturers formed the first professional skateboarding team. (6) that same year, the first organized skateboard competition took place, in california. which is the most effective way to correct the fragment in sentence 3? attach the fragment to sentence 4. attach the fragment to sentence 2. insert the phrase in the united states to the end of the fragment. insert the verb had before the verb appeared.