- The short story I will be using is “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara.
2. The children and parents all laugh at Miss Moore, but she is actually an important character in the story and provides these children with knowledge they are not getting in the community where they live.
3. The secondary source that I found to be help is an article titled “Toni Cade Bambara’s Use of African American Vernacular English The Lesson” by Janet Ruth Heller. This article will help me back up my information as Vernacular English is the form of Black speech that distinguishes itself from standard English with its unique grammatical structure, pronunciation, and vocabulary.
4. In the BMCC databases I found many different articles, books, short stories and much more about anything you want to find. They have great examples to relate too and even have a section where you can pick the certain class to help you even better.
3 thoughts on “Discussion 10 Jayden Cooper”
Thank you for valuable comment, Jayden. I like the way Toni Cade Bambara used American Vernacular English in “The Lesson”. It’s good idea to use second sources in inquiring the meaning of the story. Linguistic issues are very important in describing social classes, and the gaps between them. All the classes have their own personal linguistic peculiarities, such as jargon or dialect, so I consider you will enjoy the process of research in this sphere.
Hello Jayden , that is an interesting article you picked to work with to describe the language that was being us and also a great way to speak more on the characters , Miss Moore and Sylvia. I know your essay and research part of your essay is going to be good. I also liked your thesis very well said and straight to the point. I would love to read your essay on the characters you pick. And how well put you’ve displayed their character. Great info about your research.
Jayden, just be sure the secondary source is relevant an supports your thesis.