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opulation owns more than 50 percent of its household weal es are swallowed with the rapidity ofa teenager gobbling re indigeny, - uments change, p84”! Poa sage isthe same. The drums are pounding 0 = Our children can hear it. iss Can we? 1, What do you consider James McBride's p you think this isa 2. “Hip Hop Planet” a ck People” Do rsa sit about th palsy ead (the opening paragraph of his essay) could be consideted prow confrontational. Having read the whole essay, go back and rere ie n effective introduction to the essay, or could it be considered mise. ing? Explain, 4. David Brooks, writing in the New York Times in 2005 about riot in French hous ing projects, says, “In a globalized age it’s perhaps inevitable that the culture f resistance gets globalized, oo. What we are seeing is what Mark Lill ofthe Un versity of Chicago cllsa universal culture of the wretched of th earth, Theinages ides of hip hop and gangsta rap are so powerful they ae arg 4 hegemonic effect across the globe.” How does that view of hip hop compa to McBride's? Do you think McBride would agree with Brooks? Explain why why not. 5. In paragraph 23 McBride quotes Chuck D, of Public Enemy. What is your view of (Chuck D's assertion? Are there ways in which rap music does pay “homage ot so, what are compose bythe would-be Senegal ne Do you consider this to be a lesser form of #P °F in your answer. h of MeBride’s essay, hej at comparison? In what Way his argument? In what ways might it hinder MCBRIDE + HIP HOP PLANET 797 nae questions on Rhetoric and Style 1. What rhetorical strategies does Mb to cstablish hi and collogui 2, Why do you think MeBride calls the inhat ways does he play on ames late to 3, McBride transitions fom the personal othe histories several times Planet” How does he achieve these transitions? What are some of he uses to make the transitions? 44, McBride names a dozen rappers in paragraph 11, Whats the effect of m ingall these namest 5, Find examples of figurative language in “Hip Hop Planet” How does Meiide use them to connect to his audience and achive his purpose? ld you characterize Henry Rosenkranz, from Dayton, Oho, whom we How does Rosenkranz help McBride establish his own nat Assane N’Diaye, the young Senegalese man whom we se ins lead (the opening paragraph) ‘Consider irony hyperbole, metaphor, st section of his stay“High-Ste fow do the rest of the essa jgument? What are his secondary arguments? Howe does he bring them together? 8. How does McBride use cause and effect to provide the reasons for hip hop's throughout his essa Suggestions for Writing MeBrie argues thathip op musicis a warning (par. 0), Writean essay in which you support, challenge, or qualify his asertion. McBride quotes Abiodun Oyewole, a founder of what he considers the frst rap ‘group, the Last Poets (para. I jut alot of sure to use examples of today’s rappers wh: Listen to the music and poetry of some ofthe old-school musicians and writers MeBtide cites, such as Louis Armstrong, Nikki Giovanni, and Amiri Baraka, Write ‘an esay in which you examine ther influence on specific hip hop musicians,

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