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Allusion and Metaphor in "I, Too, Sing America"

Question 2 • CA-Expository Reading and Writing B

Read the lines from Langston Hughes’s poem "I, Too, Sing America."Tomorrow,I’ll be at the tableWhen company comes.

Answer
A
African Americans working as servants.
B
parties hosted by European Americans.
C
European Americans’ views of African Americans.
D
equal rights for African Americans.

Explanation

The speaker says that tomorrow he will sit at the table when company comes, unlike the present, when he is sent away. The table represents a place of welcome and belonging, so these lines look forward to African Americans being treated as equals. The best answer is “equal rights for African Americans.”

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