50: 48
which sentence should be revised to eliminate conflicting
information?
read the paragraph
(1) baseball is unique because it is the only sport in
america that does not have a time clock although tennis
and softball are not timed, either (2) instead, games last
for nine innings, unless there is a tie after the ninth, in
which case they go extra innings. (3) nine-inning games
last an average of three hours (4) extra innings tack on
time to an already long game, but the end is always the
most exciting part (5) most people in the us watch
baseball and are fans of their hometown team
o sentence 1
o sentence 2
o sentence 3
o sentence 4

The harlem renaissance dawned in an era of pervasive racism and segregation. although legally "free," many african americans were still bound by ideas that had their roots in the slavery of earlier centuries. identity and freedom are important ideas presented in many of the poems from the harlem renaissance. furthermore, the values of identity and freedom are not unique to particular times and places. as hughes expresses in "dream variations," all humans want to be able to develop their identities in freedom. what role does freedom play in the poems you read in this unit? what is required of a society to enable each individual to be true to his or her identity and be free to live by that identity? write about at least three of the poems, describing how the poet uses imagery to depict freedom and identity, the lack of it, or the desire for it.