- Discuss the differences between "Black English" an "White/or/American English"
- Discuss how the Black language could possibly face "extinction" in the future
- Give examples on ways Black English is used and the same for White English
What is being invented? (What ideas, practices, arguments, etc. are created by the text?
- Discuss the way certain statements are made in Black English and the way they would be properly stated in White English.
- Specifies the ways the word "be", "been" and other simple words are expressed through the two languages.
- The way the "th" is sometimes omitted an replaced with a "d" an how it'll always be in certain words such as "thought" and "thing"
- Discuss and give examples of the ways that different people speak such as the Mayor and the choir director.
- Discuss the difference on how the words are/ may be interpreted
What is being arranged? (What is being put in relation to what?)
- Black English compared to white
- Black English in the twentieth century to current days
- Differences in language an "style" of language
- From grammer to the way words are pronounced
- The way the pattern works in short poems
What is arrangement? (How are things being put in relation to one another?)
analogy/ or statement/example to application
- things being compared and also contrasted
- examples given
- going from a general aspect to a more specific aspect
What is being revised? (What is the writer trying to change (e.g. what ideas, practices, etc.))?
- The readers outlook on Black english
- The thought the Black english has no form or any kind of rules to follow
- Changing the thought of Black english not being a language and proving that it's just the same as White english
What is revision? (What strategies are engaged specifically to help the writer achieve the revisions?)
- Use of citations
- Use of lifetime examples (real people)
- Use of poems for examples
- Use of Black english styles and white
Good start. When talking about what is invention, what did Smitherman have to do before she discussed the aspects of Black English?
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