African-American+Poetry

AFRICAN-AMERICAN POETRY ACTIVITY = __**DIRECTIONS**__: = =1. USE THE PROVIDED LINK TO FIND A POEM WRITTEN BY A FAMOUS AFRICAN-AMERICAN POET.= = =
 * =*Langston Hughes=
 * =Tupac Shakur=
 * =Maya Angelou=
 * =Claude McKay=
 * =Alice Walker=
 * =Lucille Clifton=
 * =Countee Cullen=
 * =etc…=

USE THIS LINK TO FIND A POEM BY AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN POET

TUPAC POETRY LINK 1

TUPAC POETRY LINK 2

=2. ONCE YOU FIND A POEM YOU LIKE, COPY IT DOWN ON NOTEBOOK PAPER .= = = = = =3. ONCE COPIED DOWN, LOCATE __AT LEAST 3__ //DIFFERENT// INSTANCES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE/POETRY TERMS (hyperbole, alliteration, assonance, simile, metaphor, etc…)= =a. If you forget these poetry terms, use the “Poetry Terms & Examples”= =Study Guide handout I gave you.=