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This "Their Eyes Were Watching God": Folk Speech and Figurative Language unit plan also includes:
- Folklore: Some Useful Terminology
- Folk Groups
- Suggested Answers: Folk Groups
- Figurative Language in Their Eyes Were Watching God
- Suggested Answers Figurative Language
- Hurston’s Writing Techniques in “Spunk”
- Answers: Hurston’s Writing Techniques
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Using or considering using Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God? Then this packet is a must for your curriculum library. The examination of how Hurston combines folklore and folk language to create the voice of her characters, will not only help readers comprehend the dialogue, but will also reveal her mastery of traditional literary techniques. The final assessment asks individuals to apply what they have learned about how Hurston captures the voice and culture of an African American community to her short story, "Spunk."
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