In his essay, "Cool Like Me," Donnell Alexander uses several different literary devices to prove his claim that African Americans embody all that "cool" entails, inherently. With many instances of descriptive language, narrative techniques, and structural devices, he compares the coolness of himself to the coolness of other blacks and also other cultures - mainly white America - in order to get the reader to ... image, expressing to the reader not just that he is cool, but also that in some way being cool is being separate from others, "remote" (367). Donnell's use of narrative techniques pla...

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... Angelou's legendary writings that set her apart. Her autobiography, I Know Why The Cage Bird Sings, was nominated for numerous awards, and remains an essential book for many. Through a variety of literary techniques, such as metaphor, simile, personification, and imagery, Angelou presents the hardships of being a young black citizen in America during 1940 in "Graduation". Yet, it was the racist speech ... ...

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... began to flourish in Harlem, a section of New York City. This African-American cultural movement became known as "The New Negro Movement" and later as the Harlem Renaissance. More than a literary movement, the Harlem Renaissance elevated the unique culture of African-Americans and redefined African-American expression. African-Americans were encouraged to celebrate their heritage. The main factors contributing to the ... younger generations like Teddy Wilson and Art Tatum. The "boogie-woogie" involved a short, accented bass pattern that played repeatedly while the right hand plays freel...

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... the automobile, transformed family social life, while the new, wide following of Jazz and the Harlem Renaissance created revolutionary cultural changes. As the automobile industry prospered due to new production techniques the automobile gained widespread use. Automobiles enabled rural residents to have greater contact with their neighbors. Also, this form of transportation linked rural and urban areas allowing rural residents to ... songs such as Mamie Smith's "Crazy Blues" in 1920. Many enormously successful Broadway musicals came about as well, such as Eubie Blake's Shuffle Along. Th...

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