Langston Hughes Biography

Which detail would be unimportant in a summary of the section 'Early Years'?

• Hughes began writing creatively in high school. He explored his experiences and feelings through poetry.

• He was born in 1902 in Joplin, Missouri, but his parents split up when he was very young.

• Although he remained at Columbia for only a year, his time there changed the direction of his life and art.

• Hughes' childhood and youth was one of frequent change.

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Which detail would be unimportant in a summary of the section 'Growing Recognition'?

• The mid-1920s saw Hughes grow into his talent.

• Like many black writers of that period, he was interested in race relations in other nations and cultures.

• In 1925, Hughes gave three of his poems to Vachel Lindsay, a famous critic and poet.

• He also believed in using his art to share his thoughts and feelings about politics and justice as they affected African-Americans.

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Which detail would be unimportant in a summary of the section 'Man Of The People And The Arts'?

• He admired these working-class, low-income families and friends because "they accept what beauty is their own without question."

• Other forms of art influenced Hughes, and, in turn, his work crossed over into other mediums, including music.

• Hughes said that jazz and the blues expressed the wide range of black America's experience.

• All of these details would be important to the summary.

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What is Main Idea?

• The message of a text

• What a text is mostly about

• Why the author writes something

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Match the each section of the article to its Main Idea. (What that section was mostly about)

• Hughes' art left a lasting influence and is still widely admired today.

• Man Of The People And The Arts

• After moving around Hughes discovered Harlem which would greatly impact his writing.

• Death And Legacy

• Hughes popularity grew especially among the African-American community.

• Growing Recognition

• Hughes created all kinds of art from music to plays.

• Early Years

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