"Salvation" by Langston Hughes

Question 1

note

Answer 1

• In “Salvation”, Langston Hughes is looking back to a defining moment in his life when he is confronted by his own beliefs and faith in religion

Question 2

create a SOAPSTONE

step 1. identify who the speaker is in the text

Answer 2

Hughes, young, innocent, willing to believe

Question 3

create a SOAPSTONE

2. identify what occasion prompted the writing of this text

Answer 3

a church revival

Question 4

create a SOAPSTONE

3. identify what type of audience the text is intended for

Answer 4

anyone, especially people who have had a negative experience with religion

Question 5

create a SOAPSTONE

4. identify the author’s purpose

Answer 5

to express his opinion about hypocrisy and argue against religious hypocrisy

Question 6

create a SOAPSTONE

step 5. identify the writing style

Answer 6

he uses short, simple sentences, dialogue and irony

Question 7

create a SOAPSTONE

6. identify the tone

Answer 7

innocent and confused

Question 8

which element of SOAPSTONE might this represent? (There was a big revivale at my auntie reed’s church)

Answer 8

occasion

Question 9

which element of SOAPSTONE might this represent? (and i kept waiting serenely for Jesus…)

Answer 9

speaker

Question 10

which element of SOAPSTONE might this represent? (the whole congregation prayed for me alone…)

Answer 10

tone

Question 11

which element of SOAPSTONE might this represent? (i heard the songs and the minister…)

Answer 11

style

Question 12

which element of SOAPSTONE might this represent? (finally westley said to me…)

Answer 12

purpose

Question 13

which element of SOAPSTONE might this represent? (my aunt spoke of it for days ahead…)

Answer 13

tone

Question 14

which element of SOAPSTONE might this represent? (now it was really getting late…)

Answer 14

tone

Question 15

which element of SOAPSTONE might this represent? (he was a rounder’s son named westley…)

Answer 15

occasion

Question 16

which element of SOAPSTONE might this represent? (now it was really getting late…) (this irony was intentionally crafted by the author)

Answer 16

style

Question 17

which element of SOAPSTONE might this represent? (she said you could see and hear and feel…)

Answer 17

speaker

Question 18

which element of SOAPSTONE might this represent? (i was saved from sin when i was going on thirteen)

Answer 18

syntax

Question 19

which element of SOAPSTONE might this represent? (every night for weeks there had been…)

Answer 19

style