Complete one of the two projects below. In any magazine with advertisements, find and list five words chosen for their connotations.
or
Find an editorial in a newspaper. List any words or phrases the editor has chosen for their connotations as tools of persuasion rather than statements of facts.
Include the following in your report:

Next to each word, type the dictionary definition of the word.
Under each word, including the connotation which you believe determined why the word was chosen. You may include your reasons and or opinions regarding why each word was chosen.

The harlem renaissance dawned in an era of pervasive racism and segregation. although legally "free," many african americans were still bound by ideas that had their roots in the slavery of earlier centuries. identity and freedom are important ideas presented in many of the poems from the harlem renaissance. furthermore, the values of identity and freedom are not unique to particular times and places. as hughes expresses in "dream variations," all humans want to be able to develop their identities in freedom. what role does freedom play in the poems you read in this unit? what is required of a society to enable each individual to be true to his or her identity and be free to live by that identity? write about at least three of the poems, describing how the poet uses imagery to depict freedom and identity, the lack of it, or the desire for it.

Can you describe the word chalk without saying the words chalk or chalky? (type your own definition of the word.)

To which type of poetic structure is "the bells" most similar? a. free verse b. lyric poetry c. japanese cinquain d. shakespearean sonnet