... 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 redefine ... powerful 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 narrati...

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... , both Du Bois and Delany focus on segregation and the harmful effects caused by either racial or sexual prejudice. The two authors share similarities and differences in their use of techniques to call attention to such segregation. Both of them employ apocalyptic language, with Du Bois displaying it explicitly and Delany implicitly. In this paper, apocalyptic language refers to the extent ... contrast used above is to emphasize Jim's experience of isolation as a black person in a society in which white people are considered superior. The next instance where water appears in the narrativ...

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... city of Los Angeles, especially in the poverty ridden neighborhood of Watts. Using a combination of documentary style film techniques and fictional film techniques, Burnett's choices effectively ˜hit home' in relation to the Post Rebellion context. "Rather than replicating Hollywood's classical realism and linear narrative structure, members of the L.A. School (which Burnett belonged to) drew from a diverse cross-section of filmmaking styles in ... ...

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... '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 ... pride. As Maya Angelou narrates her 8th grade commencement in "Graduation," readers have an in-depth look into Angelou's complicated feelings towards her Negro background. Angelou begins her n...

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