Answer to Question #212854 in English for Molly

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Maya Angelou

The breezes of the west African were intimate and shy, licking the hair, sweeping through cotton dresses with unseemly intimacy and then disappearing into the utter blackness. Daylight was equally insistent, but much more bold and thoughtless. It dazzled, middling the sight. It forced through my closed eyelids, bringing me up and out of borrowed bed and into Brand New Streets.

a) what two possible meaning can be attached to the sentence, ' the breezes of the west African night were intimate and shy'?. Substitute your answer with close reference to the text.

b) Examine the verbs used in the paragraph. What effect does the choice of verbs have on the meaning that the writer conveys in this paragraph? Substitute your argument by referring closely to the paragraph of the text.

Answer 1

a) what two possible meaning can be attached to the sentence, ' the breezes of the west African night were intimate and shy'?. Substitute your answer with close reference to the text.

1. It suggests that while the personal and shy wind is new, it has a warm ambience, a close familiarity, and a relaxed sensation.
2. It also characterizes the delicate and light coolness of the air as "shy," as if they were experiencing it for the first time and were unfamiliar with the surroundings.

b) Examine the verbs used in the paragraph. What effect does the choice of verbs have on the meaning that the writer conveys in this paragraph? Substitute your argument by referring closely to the paragraph of the text.

There is a sense of movement, as well as realistic descriptions of activities in the use of the verb, which allow readers to visualize the flow of the words and the motions of the story's protagonist. The words "licking the hair" and "sweeping through cotton dresses" are both personifications of the feeling of cool air in the body. The bright illumination "pushed through my closed eyelids," as the speaker put it, tells the presence of sun rays basking in the room, which caused the speaker to wake up and take it as a sign that dawn had arrived.