WUP for Tuesday, 5/27

"Whatever good I have accomplished as an actress I believe came in direct proportion to my efforts to portray black women who have made positive contributions to my heritage.
--Cicely Tyson


Vocab
ameliorate (v.) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
A hot meal can ameliorate the discomforts of even the coldest day.

Literary Term
SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE WRITING Subjectivity, in terms of writing, suggests that the writer’s primary purpose is to express personal experiences, feelings, and ideas. Objectivity suggests that the writer’s purpose is to report facts, avoiding personal judgments and feelings. Subjective writing is typified by autobiographies and memoirs. Objective writing is used mostly in news reporting and other types of journalism.

Usage

who, which, that Who refers to persons only. Which refers to things only. That may refer to either persons or things.

EXAMPLES

Wasn’t Beethoven the composer who [or that ] continued to write music after he lost his hearing?

First editions of Poe’s first book, which is titled Tamerlane and Other Poems, are worth thousands of dollars.

Is this the only essay that James Baldwin wrote?

I’ve never met or even seen the person that delivers our newspaper each morning.

Homework
Preview vocab on p. 763
Read "from Dust Tracks on a Road" by Zora Neale Hurston pp.765-769
Thoroughly answer question 12 under "Literary Criticism" on p.770