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- free from outside control; not depending on another's authority.
"The people who sent bills said do not send cash but at least i gave them the right change." pg.25

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- feeling or inspiring optimism about a future event.
"So on Christmas Eve I went with Starletta to the colored store and bought myself some things I had been dying for and paper to wrap them up." pg.27

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- having an obligation to do something, or having control over or care for someone, as part of one's job or role.

"when They cut the lights off in the winter I had to ask him to take me to town with some money to cut them back on." pg.24

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

"She died in spite of me"
"weak as water

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

She remembers the time when she had been frightened, living with her alcoholic father and sickly mother

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Ellen feels safe at Starletta  house.
"He pulls the evil back into his self and Lord I run. Run down the road to Starletta." pg.38

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- 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.

#1 "I am strong as a ox." pg.47
This means that she is strong.
#2 “Folks do not want to see a body disappear before their very eyes. Not me at least.”
This means nobody want to see anyone die.

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Responsible
Hopeful
Independent

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- a decorative design or pattern.

"riding home in the car with all the food you feature how it will look and smell cooked". (pg.43)

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

Old life - "Mama puts food on the table and he wants to know what am i staring at."
New life - "New mama lays out food and we all take a turn to dish it out." (pg.4)

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a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

"Your mama looks like this might be her last supper." (pg.4)

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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.

"I must have slept hard not to hear her." (p

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