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What does Horizon mean?
The line at which the Earth's surface and the sky appear to meet.
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(Hanging Fire) In the first stanza, what is the speaker unhappy about?
She is unhappy about her skin tone.
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What does Hanging Fire mean?
It means waiting before taking an action.
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What does Awakenings mean?
An act of waking from sleep.
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(Hanging Fire) Where is momma in the poem?
She is far away from the girl.
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What might the speaker mean when she says " my skin has betrayed me"?
That she could have a better life if it wasn't for people judging her based on her skin color.
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What does beaming mean?
Smiling broadly; grinning
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(Translating Grandfather's House) What did the teacher think of the speaker's second drawing?
She liked it and she gave him/her an A+.
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What is the speaker's gender and race? How do you know?
The speaker is an African American woman. The author uses the phrase" my skin has betrayed me", refers to the speaker's race." The boy i cannot live without", refers to the speaker's gender.
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What does tone mean?
Is the writer's feeling towards a subject.
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(Translating Grandfather's House) What is the teacher's reaction to the speaker's first drawing?
She thought it wasn't true at first, and it looked like something out of a movie.
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What do you make of the references to death and the mother's closed door in the poem?
The speaker is having concerns and worries. The fact that her mother us closed away from her means that she is worrying alone. The poem conveys and anxious feeling.
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(Translating Grandfather's House) What is the subject of the speaker's first drawing?
Rows of lemons and mango trees frame the courtyard of grandfather's house.
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To what extent and in what ways is this poem about any fourteen year old?
A fourteen year old may also go through the same obstacles in their daily life. For example, loneliness, peer pressure, misjudgment, and being treated unfairly based on their race or gender.
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