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By using the specific imagery in lines 27–29 ("But to say…processes"), the author chiefly suggests that blues music
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- 00:05
Okay Ap england people were singing the blues next question
- 00:09
by using the specific imagery in lines twenty seven through
- 00:12
twenty nine The author chiefly suggests that blues music what
- 00:21
Let's cruise down here is line twenty seven But to
- 00:23
say that the blues was or is just that skeletal
Full Transcript
- 00:26
outline is like describing a human being using only descriptions
- 00:29
of dna and genetic processes when reading a simile or
- 00:32
metaphor pay close attention or what's being compared That's skeletal
- 00:37
outline right there refers to the paragraphs above which tell
- 00:40
a little bit about the history of the blues But
- 00:41
that's only a tiny part of this passage is story
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The story it actually wants to tell is one of
- 00:46
blues growing out of african americans cultural experience and out
- 00:49
of decades of racism and we'll change the paragraphs above
- 00:53
explained about the body of jazz But while the ensuing
- 00:56
paragraphs talk about the soul yes this is deep The
- 00:59
skeleton outline isn't actually referring to the anatomy of african
- 01:03
americans so get rid of the for the building blocks
- 01:05
to their genetic code Get rid of a well it's
- 01:07
true that the blues did create a building block for
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multiple genres Get rid of b and can hit right
- 01:13
in the soul of african americans right Get rid of
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declines twenty seven through twenty nine are not discussing those
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facts specifically So the answer here it see it consists
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of far more than a brief historical period right It's 00:01:25.708 --> [endTime] something connected to the soul baby
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