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the final home is Ellen's new mama's house. " I live in a clean brick house and mostly i am left to myself.

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The next place Ellen went to was an art teachers house. A blue house with plants in the windows and hanging all in the kitchen. Pg #46

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Ellen first home was dark and dull, like she lived in a dark cloud,  " i ought to lock him out. A storm is coming, and i will lay here with my mama and wait for her chest to rise and sink regular." (pg #7)

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a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story

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Diction is the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

example #1: "That got my goat because i had forgot and could have turned eleven without my knowledge." (page #50)

example #2: "Now you get you a hoe. When i gets to the end of mines I'll catch up to the rest of us." (page #63)

example #3: " And you is not wearing a hat on your head. What you think that sun won't fry your brain? Lord chile." (page #64)

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Ox-n ox (plural oxen), also known as a bullock in Australia and India, is a bovine trained as a draft animal. Oxen are commonly castrated adult male cattle; castration makes the animals easier to control. Cows (adult females) or bulls (intact males) may also be used in some areas.

"He better watch out for me is what else .I said. I am strong as a ox."(pg.47)

Ellen says that she is strong like an ox because of all the responsibility that she carries around and she dose not  crack  under pressure.
similie = a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.

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showing consideration for the needs of other people.

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determined to do as one wants even if other people advise against it.

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not depending on another for livelihood or subsistence

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Independent, strong willed, strong . the reason why i say Ellen Foster is Independent because she never really had anyone other than her mother take care of her then when her mom got sick she had to take care of her self making her independent. i also say she is strong willed because she never really listens to her father, she didn't listen to her mom when her mom asked her to not worry about her. And the last thing i said she is strong because she never really took anyone's crap from people especially when it came to her mom.

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A motif is a recurring symbol which takes on a figurative meaning. We see them in books, films, and poems.

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the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

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"Some wild ride broke and the one in charge strolled off and let us spin and shake and fly off the rail."  she is talking about the relationship and actions of her parents so her dads crazy wild ride broke so the one in charge, making the one in charge drift off . (Pg  #2)
Definition= a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

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" A storm is coming. And I will lay here with my mama until i see her chest rise up and sink down regular." page #7)
*a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g., the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation.