Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed–
I, too, am America.

—"I, Too, Sing America,"
Langston Hughes

Based on what you know of Langston Hughes and his beliefs, what quality makes the speaker “beautiful” in the last lines of the poem?

He is beautiful because he is patient and kind.
He is beautiful because he knows more than those who sent him from the table.
He is beautiful because he is African American.
He is beautiful because he has a more healthful diet.

Determine the meaning of the word *propel* using the context clues in the sentence. wind power is the ability to capture the wind in a way to *propel* the blades of wind turbines. a) to move slowly b) to urge onward c) to stop from moving d) to drive, or cause to move, forward

Identify the following sentence as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. even though most people think of africa as a desert, zimbabwe has a hot, tropical climate, so mangoes, passion fruit, pineapples, and avocados grow well there. a. compound b. simple c. complex d. compound-complex

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.