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13 Matching Annotations
- Feb 2023
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These I painted blind
shows dads passion that even blind he could paint. Shows that when your vision goes the things you cared most about stay with you.
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wo cats preening
these cats could symbolize something
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three paintings by my father:
father was a painter. This could give insight to what the character went through growing up.
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He’s so happy that I’ve come home
shows how his father cares for him and is happy that he was back.
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muddy lighting
imagery of room.
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heavy as sadness, and sweet as love.
Description on the day.
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inside, something golden, glowing,
imagery in a way shows how the persimmon can light up and shows readers what it is suppose to look like.
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I didn’t eat but watched the other faces
He knew more about the fruit than others. Could mean he was Chinese and knew better.
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fight and fright, wren and yarn.
Shows he is learning things, also they both rhyme could be a play on words and how they a lot sound the same.
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I teach her Chinese
Shows background on the main character and what they do.
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How to eat
Gives in situation interesting way to set up a poem.
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n sixth grade Mrs. Walker slapped the back of my head
This shows the setting of the character and is in first person it shows.
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