Compare and contrast both articles. For the Essay 2 Outline, you are going to practice creating a detailed outline.
I. Introduction a. Thesis Statement : Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise” and Audre Lorde’s “A W oman Speaks” explore the theme of female empowerment. II. Body Paragraph 1 a. Topic Sentence: Both Angelou and Lorde share what it is like to be oppressed as women of color .b. “Y ou may write me down in history / With your bitter , twisted lies, / You may trod me in the very dirt / But still, like dust, I'll rise” (Angelou lines 1-4).
c. “I do not mix / love with pity / nor hate with scorn” (Lorde lines 10-12). III. Body Paragraph 2 a. Furthermore, Angelou and Lorde use cosmic imagery to get their message across.
b. “Just like moons and like suns, / With the certainty of tides, / Just like hopes springing high, / Still I'll rise” (Angelou lines 9-12).
c. “Moon marked and touched by sun / my magic is unwritten / but when the sea turns back / it will leave my shape behind” (Lorde lines 1-4). IV . Body Paragraph 3 a. Finally , both Angelou and Lorde present stories of strong survivors in their poems.
b. “Out of the huts of history’ s shame / I rise / Up from a past that’ s rooted in pain / I rise / I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, / Welling and swelling I bear in the tide” (Angelou lines 29-34).
c. “I have been woman / for a long time / beware my smile / I am treacherous with old magic / and the noon's new fury / with all your wide futures / promised / I am / woman” (Lorde lines 25-33). V . Concluding Paragraph a. Historically women of color have been oppressed in American society and it is important to talk about the ef fects of that oppression.
b. It is important to listen to the voices of others to grow in empathy and understanding.
