https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x Made with swagger en-us 2017-04-12 15:30:00 UTC 2025-11-29 19:21:31 UTC hello@padlet.com 1131001 https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/166102695 Phase 1]]> 2017-04-12 15:30:30 UTC https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/166102695 1131001 https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/166104507 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]]> 2017-04-12 15:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/166104507 1131001 https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/166104816 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)]]> 2017-04-12 15:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/166104816 1131001 https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/166105043 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)]]> 2017-04-12 15:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/166105043 1131001 https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/166105149 - 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)]]> 2017-04-12 15:39:06 UTC https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/166105149 1131001 https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/170157993 Responsible
Hopeful
Independent ]]> 2017-05-05 12:28:56 UTC https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/170157993 1131001 https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/170482499 - 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.

]]> 2017-05-08 12:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/170482499 1131001 https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/170484168 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]]> 2017-05-08 12:15:27 UTC https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/170484168 1131001 https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/170484331 - 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]]> 2017-05-08 12:16:23 UTC https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/170484331 1131001 https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/170484375 - the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

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

]]> 2017-05-08 12:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/170484375 1131001 https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/170492470 - 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]]> 2017-05-08 12:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/170492470 1131001 https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/170492584 - 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]]> 2017-05-08 12:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/170492584 1131001 https://padlet.com/1131001/ct90s643i65x/wish/170492665 - 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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