The paragraph below is from a student’s essay on the Harlem Renaissance. Choose the best word or phrase from each drop–down menu to keep the tone and style appropriate for this product, purpose, and audience. “The Harlem Renaissance lasted only twenty years, but it was one of the most
movements in African American artistic history. Centered on Harlem in New York City, the Harlem Renaissance
civil rights organizations, including the NAACP. Important
of the movement included Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, and Zora Neale Hurston. These writers, among many others, have
African American authors and artists for close to a century.
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The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these