Audre Lorde
A litany for survival
Lines from the poem
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This critical theorist used this method to convey hrt artisitic abilites. 

What is poetry? 
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This poetic form is used in Audrey Lord's "A Litany for Survival"

Free verse

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The line symbolizes the fear and vulnerability that marginalized communities experience even when they remain silent. It suggests that silence does not provide safety or protection, but rather perpetuates a cycle of fear and oppression. It underscores the importance of breaking the silence and speaking out as a means of empowerment.

"When we are silent, we are still afraid"

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Audre Lorde was praised fora series of writing in which she ovecame a sever illness.

What is the cancer journals and cancer? 

200

This theorist was raised here. 

Where is New York. 

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What literary device is prominently used in the line "When we are silent, we are still afraid" in "A Litany for Survival"?

Paradox

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These people do not have the luxury to consider other options for their lives. There is no time or place for dreaming.

“for those of us who…”

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Her work contributed in creating a safe and comfortable conversationons for this.

What is intersectionality? 
300

The association that Aurdre Lorde became apart of.

What is the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press? (wifp) 

300

In what historical period was Audrey Lord's "A Litany for Survival" written?

The poem was written during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s

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They have triumphed by surviving this long and need to use this power to ensure their further survival

“it is better to speak.”

300

At Hunter High school, the school refused to publish Audre's poem. Spring a poem about love, because it was to romantic. 

Whi is seventeen Magazine.

400
Lorde considered herself to be these.

What is a lesbian, mother, warrior, and poet.

400

Find the question to the following answer: The importance of speaking out, reclaiming one's voice, and resisting oppression

 Question: What message of empowerment does Audrey Lord convey in "A Litany for Survival"?

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This is because the authorities who had power over them (whom Lorde’s speaker calls)

heavy-footed

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This pience of writing is considered to be Audre's most revealing work of hers.
What is The Black Unicorn? 
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Lorde identifed these to be issues to the basic foundations of females. 

What is class, race, age, gender, and health? 

500

What social issues does Audrey Lord address through her poetry?

Racism, sexism, homophobia, and the intersectionality of oppression.

500

these lines resonate with the violence and trauma that marginalized peoples are experiencing today

remembering/ we were never meant to survive

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Her first book to be released by a major publiser was a collection of poems exploring her idnentiy ans was very significant to her. 
What is coal?