AP Language And Composition - Dialectal Journal (DECODED!) by https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4 Nadine El Nesr en-us 2016-11-15 00:15:08 UTC 2023-10-17 16:40:48 UTC hello@padlet.com nadine_elnesr https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/137585080 2016-11-15 00:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/137585080 nadine_elnesr https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/137585116 2016-11-15 00:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/137585116 Reading Schedule nadine_elnesr https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/137585263

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]]> 2016-11-15 00:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/137585263 Week 1 (1-76) nadine_elnesr https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/137586274 2016-11-15 00:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/137586274 "Crackheads were different. Theyd smoke in the hallways, on playgrounds, on subway stations. They got no respect. They were former neighbors, "aunts" and "uncles," but once they started smoking, they were simply crakcheads, the lowest on the food chain in the jungle, worse than prosititutes, and almost as bad as snitchers" (13). nadine_elnesr https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/138497743 Jay Z  uses satire to describe the filth in the city and what kinds of people these crackheads were in the time (and still are, I believe crackheads haven't changed since the beginning of time). When he says, "almost as bad as snitchers" he juxtaposes the dangers of a schedule 1 drug with a person who snitches. It evokes a sense of emotion from the reader about this issue of the usage of Crack.]]> 2016-11-17 17:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/138497743 "It's the same with braggadocio in rap" (27) nadine_elnesr https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/138510031 braggadocio: (n) boastful or arrogant behavior

The harvard students' braggadocios allowed them to invade the math competition and win all the prizes.]]> 2016-11-17 18:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/138510031 Week 2 (76-152) nadine_elnesr https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/140190901 2016-11-28 14:51:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/140190901 "Theres a knee-jerk fear in America that someone- especially someone young and black- is coming to take your shit, fuck up your brand, destroy the quality of your life, tarnish the things you love." (86) nadine_elnesr https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/140192041 Jay Z plays on the long-known stigma of the "dangers" of black people. He opens up the realm defeat and exhaustion that the common black boy is tired of facing every single day of their life. He wants to make it know that in hip hop, despite the brand shout outs, the truth is they don't want your "shit." ]]> 2016-11-28 14:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/140192041 "He was hip hop when hip hop was still in its cradle." (92) nadine_elnesr https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/140195520 This quote is amazing, it personifies hip hop to bring in the imagery that it is a baby, still developing. Very powerful diction is used. It is also imaginative in a way that you can see this man as a rapper when rap was first staring out.]]> 2016-11-28 15:02:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/140195520 "But he was elusive. His eye was always on the bigger picture." (95) nadine_elnesr https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/140197028 Elusive: (adj) difficult to find, catch, or achieve.

He made two or three false starts before he located the elusive narrow path through the brush]]> 2016-11-28 15:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/140197028 Week 3 (152 - 228) nadine_elnesr https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/141502016 2016-12-02 20:10:50 UTC https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/141502016 "The cop looked back at me with that shut up, nigger, screw face... 'I got Jay Z!' he said into the phone with a sense of accomplishment. Then he told this man to arrest me. I was dumbstruck as they loaded me into the back of the cruiser like a prize catch" (162). nadine_elnesr https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/141502104 This quote describes the time he got arrested. It just screams to me. All I could say was "wow" after reading it. Truly, it is powerful as it gives a personal perspective about the struggles, about being objectified to the point where you do not feel like a human anymore, about being looked at like you do not even deserve to live anymore. His words really do resonate in your mind.]]> 2016-12-02 20:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/141502104 "No one in the entire world- not in Russia or China or Iran- is locked up like black men are locked up in this country" (161). nadine_elnesr https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/141502805 Jay Z's book testifies, giving black men a voice. He asks for a chance after, to be treated equally. If you think Iran is dangerous and locks people up, he wants to touch on the statistics that JUST black men in this country are locked up to a much bigger extent in America than any other country.]]> 2016-12-02 20:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/141502805 "Where the drug czars evolve, and thugs are at odds" (208). nadine_elnesr https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/141506040 Drug Czars: Drug Czar is an informal name for the person who directs drug-control policies in the United States, following the U.S. use of the 'czar' term.

The drug Czar for the U.S. is currently thinking about the flexibility of the legalization of marijuana in certain states.
]]> 2016-12-02 20:31:41 UTC https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/141506040 Week 4 (228-304) nadine_elnesr https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/142622387 2016-12-08 17:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/142622387 "....I liked to stay sober, the better way to stay focused on making money. I come from that class of hustlers who looked at smoking as counter productive" (256). nadine_elnesr https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/142622645 Jay- Z later describes how one of his friends/competitors, named "Big," got him high while they were working in the studio together. No matter how much you are friend with someone, you should not trust them. After that scene, he went to his room to sober up and came back. I really like Jay-Z's work ethic despite being tricked into smoking a joint. He does say that you can't slip or falter.]]> 2016-12-08 17:28:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/142622645 'When you reach that top level, theres suddenly so much to deal with on all fronts- you have old friends and distant family who are suddenly close, people who feel like they should be getting rich from your success" (94). nadine_elnesr https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/142625041 Jay-Z outlines the life of becoming famous and when you do, suddenly everyone wants to be your friend. For him, it was hard to find who was genuine or who was being a fake friend to him. The personal account describes something all famous people go through. ]]> 2016-12-08 17:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/142625041 "The story of the rapper and the story of the hustler are like rap itself, two kinds of rhythm working together having a conversation with each other, doing more together than they could apart"(10) nadine_elnesr https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/142628997 For this quote I know that he was talking about having a passion that you work hard for and are dedicated to from the start. It is interesting to see his definition of a hustler as he associates it to rappers like himself. ]]> 2016-12-08 17:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/142628997 "My president is black / My Maybach too / I'll be goddamn if my diamonds ain't blue / my money dark green"(230). nadine_elnesr https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/142632566 These are lyrics from a song which Jay- Z also annotated himself. He brings out the colors of different things from people to objects. This word choice is used because it simply has a different meaning. "My least favorite color is light green"  is a line from one of his songs, meaning he doesn't like his money to get light, in the sense of being scarce. So "dark green" is not a reference to the colour, but the amount of money.]]> 2016-12-08 17:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/142632566 "It was the first time really talking about it with anyone--not just the facts but the feeling of a dream being crushed... I was actually scared of it happening again.. I realized that I was holding on to disappointment over failure that didn't even belong to me"(246). nadine_elnesr https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/142640293 For a fact, the "you are your worst enemy" phenomena is justified by Jay-Z's description of failure. He entails that it can be hard to let something go- especially something that you abstractly constructed for yourself. Whether it is the feeling of failure or actually failing, it does kill.]]> 2016-12-08 18:19:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/142640293 "Paying your tithes being good Catholics"(268). nadine_elnesr https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/142649051 Tithe: (n) one tenth of annual produce or earnings, formerly taken as a tax for the support of the church and clergy.

The devout Catholic payed her tithes in support of the clergy, because she believed her debts would be paid up.]]> 2016-12-08 18:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nadine_elnesr/7u3chpaecfb4/wish/142649051