ERIC Number: EJ556722
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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Square Toes and Icy Arms: Personification and Zora Neale Hurston.
Barnett, Catherine
Teachers & Writers, v29 n3 p13-15 Jan-Feb 1998
Finds that, in Hurston's autobiography and her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God," she uses an unusual personification to describe the damage wrought by a flood. Uses James Weldon Johnson's poem "Go Down Death" to complement Hurston's prose. Reads for deeper meanings under the surface of the cliches. Acquaints students with the technique of personification. (PA)
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Black Literature, Critical Reading, Elementary Education, Literary Devices, Novels, Poetry
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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