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displaces molecules affects the volume of the 7
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about pitch, according to the passage, with Langston Hughes as 7
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frequency of the sound wave. (C) not as important at the time it
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vibration of molecules. Hughes’ fame.
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sound wave. 7
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Line Margaret Walker, who would become 7
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decision to become a poet 7
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century African-American poets, was (A) occurred before she entered college.
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completed her high school education at
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Gilbert Academy in New Orleans and 7
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passage. 7
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(15) education in the North. She transferred 7
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Line F. Scott Fitzgerald was a prominent 7
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American writer of the twentieth century. 7
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where she received a degree in English in
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1935. Her poem, “For My People,”
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1 which would remain one of her most
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publication, appearing in Poetry maga- 7
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small town on the Mississippi River—for 7
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zine in 1937.
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several generations. John’s father had
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displaces molecules affects the volume of the 7
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vibrations per second,” rather than the letters
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frequency of the sound wave. (C) not as important at the time it
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vibration of molecules. Hughes’ fame.
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sound wave. 7
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Line Margaret Walker, who would become 7
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century African-American poets, was (A) occurred before she entered college.
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Gilbert Academy in New Orleans and 7
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important Harlem Renaissance poet
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(15) education in the North. She transferred 7
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American writer of the twentieth century. 7
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where she received a degree in English in
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1935. Her poem, “For My People,”
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