IAR analysis: "It Bees That Way Sometime"

IAR Analysis: "It Bees That Way Sometime" by Smitherman 

What is invention? (What activities the author had to engage in to create the text)

- research the history of Black English, as well as White English

- examine the grammar and structure of both Black and White English

- compare the two languages and how they are used 

- define terms such as language and style 

- examine how Black English is changing, and the influences White English has on it

- examine how Black English is mingling with White English 

- research the difference in dialect across different regions (In the South compared to the North)

What is being invented? (The ideas, practices, or arguments created by the text)

- one language is not better than the other

- the style/tone of Black English 

- the "be" verb in Black English is very important, and can have different meanings depending on the situation/context that it is used

- there is no "past tense" in Black English 

- words have different meanings in each language 

- White English is influencing Black English (will verb) 

- discuss the rules of Black English vs the rules of White English

- show examples of a sentence in one language, and how it would be translated in the other language 

- explain the different structure/rules/patterns of Black English ("th" is omitted, multiple negatives, ect.) and compare it so White English 

- Black English speakers do not always follow all of the patterns/rules discussed 

What is arrangement? (How are things put into relation to one another)

- Examples of the same sentence in White English and in Black English

- Poem

- comic 

-compare and contrast 

- introduce rule of Black English, then give example compared to White English

What is being arranged? (What is being put into relation to what)

- Africanized Black English to Black English Spoken today 

- The change of Black English (now compared to the past)

- The influences of White English on Black English

- The rules of Black English compared to those of White English 

- Grammar/Style/Tone/Pronunciation of Black English 

What is revision? (What strategies are engaged specifically to help the writer achieve the revisions)

- Examples of real life situations 

- the use of the comic

- the use of the poem 

- the use of Black English within the text 

What is being revised? (what is the writer trying to change)

- the idea that White English is better than Black English 

     - the stereotype that Black English has no structure/pattern/rules 

     - education on correct Black English 

     - Awareness that if African Americans continue to be accepted in the mainstream, Black English features could become extinct