Brown Girl Dreaming HMH Flashcard

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The poet uses personification in the sentence "The story wakes up and walks all over the room" to show that —

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telling stories is a talent that comes easily to her

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How does the sentence "But as I bend over my composition notebook, only my name comes quickly." contribute to the poem “writing #1”?

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It reveals the conflict (problem)

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In the poem “late autumn,” the speaker goes from feeling—

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confident to discouraged

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"When I speak, the words come pouring out of me"

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Hopeful mood

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"Until there is nothing but pink bits of eraser and a hole now"

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Depressing mood

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"Begin searching for brilliance at another desk"

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Depressing mood

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The poems reveal that as a child the author struggled with . . .

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reading and writing

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Which phrase best fits the author’s description of her older sister?

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Intelligent and studious