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"I sat on my Mama Gila’s bed listening wide-eyed to her tales of La Llorona, the ghostly woman who wanders the night looking for her missing children." This shows Imagery by trying to make the reader imagine her story.

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in the first paragraph she talks about how mama gila grew older and they didn't get to read their stories. "our nightly stories declined and and time with her became less about story telling and love, but more about hospital visits"

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I looked around my rural small hometown, Truckee, California, and noticed the many
Mama Gila’s. I realized and acknowledged the divide in interaction between teenagers and senior citizens, and saw the potential of literacy to bridge this gap. This showed imagery when she was describing our small town.

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"listening wide-eyed to her tales" This Is a mixture between a metaphor and imagery Because you cant listen through your eyes but it is also painting a picture for you.

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"as I look across at aging
faces smiling into mine" This is imagery. Its showing us what shes seeing instead of saying im sitting with some people

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"As I grew into adolescence and Mama Gila aged, our nightly stories declined and time spent with her became less about storytelling and love, and more about hospital visits and medical procedures." This is figurative language because it is very descriptive and doesn't directly explain what is happening. You have tp think a little deeper than just what you read.

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The author uses many descriptive words like “wide-eyed” to paint a picture in the readers mind or show us her relationship with mama Gila instead of just telling us what their relationship was like and what she meant to her.

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The first paragraph shows imagery when the narrator is  listening to here grandma tell a bedtime story. "As a little girl I sat on my Mama Gila’s bed listening wide-eyed to her tales of La Llorona, the ghostly woman who wanders the night looking for her missing children."

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Some examples of figurative "show not tell" language is "As a little girl I sat on my Mama Gila’s bed listening wide-eyed to her tales of La Llorona, the ghostly woman who wanders the night looking for her missing children. I drifted
quietly to sleep each night listening while Mama Gila drank her coffee, excitedly waiting for the
story of the night." There was a lot of detailed and descriptive language.

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"As a little girl I sat on my Mama Gila’s bed listening wide-eyed to her tales of La Llorona, the ghostly woman who wanders the night looking for her missing children." She is using imagery while describing her looks while listening to her grandma speak.

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"I felt an emptiness not only from her presence, but from our connection from reading." This is a metaphor, she's not actually empty, but that's how she genuinely feels

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"As I grew into adolescence and Mama Gila aged, our nightly stories declined
and time spent with her became less about storytelling and love, and more about hospital visits
and medical procedures." This is a way of her telling the reader what happened between her and her mom without explicitly saying it. It also sets the tone for the rest of the essay.

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"I looked around my rural small hometown, Truckee, California, and noticed the many
Mama Gila’s." This is a use of hyperbole and imagery that although not everyone looks like Mama Gila, but that people have characteristics and attitude similar to Mama Gila.

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In the first paragraph the author uses sensory details, she states ¨When mama Gila passed away I felt an emptiness not only from her presence, but from our connection from reading¨

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"When Mama Gila passed away I felt an emptiness not only from her
presence, but from our connection from reading." This is an example of hyperbole

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"the ghostly woman who wanders the night looking for her missing children." This section from the passage is a simile.

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"As I grew into adolescence and Mama Gila aged, our nightly stories declined and time spent with her became less about storytelling and love, and more about hospital visits
and medical procedures." This shows imagery and dialog.