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The Grades symbolize how she´s falling apart shown with how her grades are falling apart its also shown with how she grades lunch, clothes, and more.
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Plays Nice B   Social Studies C Spanish C Art A Lunch D Biology B Algebra C+  Clothes C English C Gym C+( Speak p.46) it shows how shes not doing incredibly well especially  when it states how she was a straight B student when she was in middle school

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The poster of Maya Angelou represents how Melinda was raped and how she spoke out  for civil rights which could be foreshadowing for Melinda character ¨a poster of Mary Angelou that the librarian gave me. She said Ms. Angelou is one of the greatest american writers. The poster was coming down because the school board banned one of her books¨P. 50.

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The Mirror symbolizes how she doesn't want to look like at self.Any mirror is usually either covered or put down that she does´t like her image Two muddy-circle eyes nder black dash  eyebrows piggy nose nostrils, and a chewed up horror of a mouth. Definitley not a dryad face. I can´t stop biting my lips. It looks like my mouth belongs to someone else someone I don´t even know. I get out of bed and take down the mirror. i put it in the back of my closet, facing the wall.¨ (Speak p.16-p.17) This shows how Melinda feels not like herself and is ashamed of her image and just her in general.

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The Closet in Melinda´s room and the one at school protection, safety, and where she could be herself     ¨This closet is abandoned it has no purpose no name it is the perfect place for me.¨ (Speak p.26) It shows how this is the one place where she can relax and be her self.

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The frog symbolizes how she raped and how the experience felt to her ¨My throat closes off. it is hard to breathe . David pins her hand to the dissection tray. He spreads her froggy legs and pins her froggy feet I have to slice open her belly. She does´nt say a word. She is already dead. A scream starts in my gut I can feel the cut, smell the dirt leaves in my hair.¨ (Speak p.80 ) This shows hows Melinda´s experience was awful and how  traumatizing it was .

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Whether it's a bright blue poison dart frog or a brown, warty toad, a frog's survival is all about water. Most frogs begin their lives as jelly-like eggs that need moisture to develop. The eggs hatch into aquatic tadpoles, which breathe through gills. As the tadpoles grow, they develop lungs and gain the ability to breathe air.

But frogs' need for water doesn't dry up once they're on land. Frogs get virtually all of their water and part of their oxygen through their skin, and this process only works if their skin stays moist. If a frog's skin dries out, it can't get enough oxygen or get rid of enough carbon dioxide, and it dies.

So it should come as no surprise that frogs have developed some interesting adaptations to cope with their lifelong need for water. For example, gastric brooding frogs, which are now extinct, swallowed their eggs. They stopped eating and digesting food while their young developed in their stomachs instead of in water. The baby frogs then exited through their parent's mouth. Strawberry poison dart frogs, which live in Central America and Puerto Rico, lay their eggs on land, and males keep them moist with urine. Once the eggs hatch, the mother carries each tadpole on her back to its own tiny pool of water that has collected between the stem and leaves of a plant. While the tadpoles grow, their mother feeds them her own eggs.

But frogs' adaptations aren't all about water or reproduction. They've lived on Earth for about 200 million years, and in that time they've developed everything from deadly toxins to the ability to survive being frozen. You'll learn about these and other adaptations in this article. We'll start with a look at frogs' appearance and behavior, including why toads are frogs, but not all frogs are toads and why frogs molt but don't leave the skin they shed behind.

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Whether it's a bright blue poison dart frog or a brown, warty toad, a frog's survival is all about water. Most frogs begin their lives as jelly-like eggs that need moisture to develop. The eggs hatch into aquatic tadpoles, which breathe through gills. As the tadpoles grow, they develop lungs and gain the ability to breathe air.

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The lips shows how she has´nt told anyone about what happened at the party and how she´s afraid to talk about it or talk in general. When Melinda is wondering if David wrote the letter¨ Do I want to him to like  me? I chew on my thumbnail. No. I just want anyone to like me. I want a note with a heart on it. I pull the edge of my thumbnail back too far and it bleeds.¨(Speak P.109)  This shows how melinda trouble with speaking to snyone causing a negative effect on her.

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Throughout the book her tree changes depending on her mood showing how she either feels pain or either feels dead on the inside
¨For a solid week , ever since the pep rally, I´ve been painting watercolors of trees that have been hit by lightning.  I try to paint them  so they are nearly dead , but not totally,¨(Speak.P.30) this shows what her feeling is now during the book showing the symbolism is.