Essays / Help with essay: How does "language" represent you [2]

Here's the essay question:

When students "represent," they see themselves as embracing what? [from Kelvin Monroe's essay Writin da Funk Dealer: Songs of Reflections and Reflex/shuns] Think of Hall's notion that language speaks us .. consider hairstyle as language, dress as language, nodding [your] head as a form of speaking as language, certainly [your] music as language; [your] looks/gazes are also a form of language."

I just need help starting the essay and gathering points.