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AP English Language and Composition: Passage Drill Drill 1, Problem 2. What is the speaker's primary purpose in using onomatopoeia in line four?

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The tone of lines 54–60 can best be described as


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Okay Ap lang lovers here we go The tone of

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lines fifty for through sixty sounds like this on and

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it can best be described as what All right fitz

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for through sixty Let's see Where are we here It's

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kind of cruise on up any discussion of the history

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the blues really has begin with the race and someone

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argued ultimately have to end their two more than few

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authorities on the way you play with the white folks

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will again sing the blues sidestepping the claim For now

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we got to get the last part of your show

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statement The blues evolved teasingly African american art form All

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right let's think about this The author is dealing with

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a controversial often times polarizing issue and she refuses to

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give in to hysterics She tries to strike a more

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neutral tone by saying that some would argue and more

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than a few authorities on the genre content suggesting that

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alternative viewpoints exist just acknowledges the perception that white folks

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simply can't sing the blues But while sidesteps it in

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order to give untaxed ball to be polemic or a

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warlike the author needs to be arguing explicitly For one

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side like an a should have a flippant tone or

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be would be addressing a huge issue like races If

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it were something as trivial as a you know say

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whether by a kiddie pool or a backyard water slide

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water slide No brainer Because she refuses to declare her

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position explicitly the author isn't defensive so get rid of

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sea And yet she's still bold enough to address the

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complexities of race So get rid of e the right

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answer here It's de carefully weighed She's thinking about all 00:01:35.992 --> [endTime] this heavy stuff Uh carefully

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