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The line at which the Earth's surface and the sky appear to meet
What does Horizon mean?
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She is unhappy about her skin tone.
(Hanging Fire) In the first stanza, what is the speaker unhappy about?
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It means waiting before taking an action.
What does Hanging Fire mean?
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An act of waking from sleep.
What does Awakenings mean?
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She is far away from the girl.
(Hanging Fire) Where is momma in the poem?
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That she could have a better life if it wasn't for people judging her based on her skin color.
That she could have a better life if it wasn't for people judging her based on her skin colorWhat might the speaker mean when she says " my skin has betrayed me"?
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Smiling broadly; grinning.
What does beaming mean?
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She liked it and she gave him/her an A+.
(Translating Grandfather's House) What did the teacher think of the speaker's second drawing?
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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.
What is the speaker's gender and race? How do you know?
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What does tone meanIs the writer's feeling towards a subject.
What does tone mean?
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She thought it wasn't true at first, and it looked like something out of a movie.
(Translating Grandfather's House) What is the teacher's reaction to the speaker's first drawing?
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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.
What do you make of the references to death and the mother's closed door in the poem?
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Rows of lemons and mango trees frame the courtyard of grandfather's house.
(Translating Grandfather's House) What is the subject of the speaker's first drawing?
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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.
To what extent and in what ways is this poem about any fourteen year old?
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