Stages of Writing
Parts of a Paragraph/Essay
Poetry Terms
Langston Hughes' Poems
Langston Hughes' Life
100
This is the first stage of writing and can include brainstorming, outlining, and mind-mapping
What is Pre-Writing
100
The "meat" of the paragraph
What is Body
100
Who the speaker of the poem is directing their words to
What is audience
100
In this poem, Hughes compares the name of the poem to "a broken-winged bird"
What is Dreams
100
Langston Hughes went to this school for a year before dropping out.
What is Columbia University in New York City
200
Involves the creation of a preliminary (or non-final) version of a piece of writing
What is Drafting
200
This sentence sets the tone/subject for the rest of the paragraph
What is a Topic Sentence
200
This is equivalent to a paragraph, but for poems
What is Stanza
200
In this poem, the speaker is encouraging her audience to never give up. It is a free-verse poem that makes use of dialect
What is Mother to Son
200
Langston Hughes' birthplace
What is Joplin, Missouri
300
This the final stage of writing, when a writer presents his/her finished product.
What is Publishing
300
This refers to details that support your argument or topic sentence
What is Evidence
300
This is often describe as the "mood" of the poem, or the feeling that it projects
What is Tone
300
In this poem, Langston Hughes makes allusions to several well-known rivers that have important historical significance for African-Americans
What is The Negro Speaks of Rivers
300
This is a country where Langston Hughes went to stay with his father when he was 18 years old.
What is Mexico
400
This is a continuous process, which often includes adding, removing, moving and substituting words, sentences, or even entire paragraphs.
What is Revising
400
This provides a "preview" for the reader, and provides direction for the rest of the paragraph or essay.
What is Introduction
400
This poem does not follow any specific patterns of rhyming or rhythm
What is Free-Verse
400
In this poem, Langston Hughes tells an unfortunate tale about housing injustice
What is The Ballad of the Landlord
400
Hughes as a major figure in this artistic and cultural movement
What is The Harlem Renaissance
500
This process focus on correcting small details such as spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
What is Editing
500
Strategies for this include asking a question, challenging the reader, or looking to the future
What is a Conclusion
500
This is a popular type of poem that usually tells a story about love or tragedy that rhymes and has four-line stanzas
What is Ballad
500
This is a short story featuring Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones
What is Thank You Ma'am
500
The name of Hughes' first published book of poetry
What is The Weary Blues
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