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Did I miss anything? Tom Wayman Nothing. When we realized you weren’t here we sat with our hands folded on our desks in silence, for the full two hours Everything. I gave an exam worth 40 percent of the grade for this term and assigned some reading due today on which I’m about to hand out a quiz worth 50 percent Nothing. None of the content of this course has value or meaning Take as many days off as you like any activities we undertake as a class I assure you will not matter either to you or me and are without purpose Everything. A few minutes after we began last time a shaft of light suddenly descended and an angelor other heavenly being appeared and revealed to us what each woman or man must doto attain divine wisdom in this life andthe here afterThis is the last time the class will meet before we disperse to bring the good news to all peopleon earth. Nothing. When you are not present how could something significant occur? Everything. Contained in this classroom is a microcosm of human experience assembled for you to query and examine and ponderThis is not the only place such an opportunity has been gathered but it was one place And you weren't here Is your hair real? No. All of this is a wig glued to my head really good. Yes. I was born with all of my hair. No. My hair is weave that I got from a cheap beauty supply store. Yes. Congradualations you're 100th person to ask me that you get a slap in the face! No. Is yours? Yes. NOW CAN YOU STOP TOUCHING IT??!!!

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 * Lines 1,2,3,5,7,8 || Repetition || To answer the question "Did I miss anything" every
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Cynthia in the Snow  By: Gwendolyn Brooks

It SHUSHES  It hushes   The loudness in the road   It flitters-twitters   And laughs away from me. It laughs a lovely  Whiteness   And whitely whirs away,   To be   Some otherwhere,   Still white as milk or shirts. So beautiful it hurts.

Makin' Bacon It sizzles It crackles  ﻿The heat in the kitchen   It pops and bops   Inside the pan it makes a great   ﻿ ﻿ ﻿Sound   And a great breakfast   I wish  ﻿ ﻿ ﻿I Still Liked it

it looks like by comparing it to another color || in the winter || This moment  Eavon Boland A neighbourhood.  At dusk. Things are getting ready  to happen out of sight. Stars and moths.  And rinds slanting around fruit. But not yet. One tree is black.  One window is yellow as butter. <span style="background-color: #ff00ff; color: #00ffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A woman leans down to catch a child <span style="background-color: #ff00ff; color: #00ffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> who has run into her arms this moment. <span style="background-color: #ff00ff; color: #00ffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Stars rise. <span style="background-color: #ff00ff; color: #00ffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Moths flutter. Apples sweeten in the dark.
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Risk Yes  This is a risk   For my life   Definetly   Everybody's eyes on   ME   One step back? No Way  I believe in myself   JUMP   Arms in the air   Wind in my hair   This is great   I'm living now   This isn't so bad   Until I.... LAND so you can have an idea of what it looks like ||
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Knoxville, Tennessee  By Nikki Giovanni I always like Summer  Best   You can eat fresh corn   From Daddy's garden   And okra   And greens   And lots of   Barbeque   And buttermilk   And homemade ice cream   At the church picnic   And listen to   Gospel Music   Outside   At the church   Homecoming   And go to the mountains with   Your grandmother   And go barefooted   And be warm   All the time   Not only when you go to bed   And sleep Detroit, Michigan I always liked winter best you can make snowballs and snowmen and forts and chairs and lots of sleding and skiing and snowboarding at the mountains and go down the slopes at the lodges and go to the cabins with friends and go inside and stay warm all night long not only when your sit down by the firepalce and rest. way || past || A Dream Deferred By Langston Hughes
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 * Lines 5-8, 9-11 || Anaphora || To list the events in a dfiferent
 * Lines 1-24 || Memoir || A good memory from the individual's

What happens to A Dream Deferred? Does it dry up? Like a raisin in the sun Or fester like a sore –- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat Or crust and sugar over –- Like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags Like a heavy load Or does it explode? Unwanted Child

What happens to an unwanted child? Does it grow old and alone? Like a lady with 20 cats –- And not answer the phone? Does it sit on a park bench all day Or watch friends hang out on their yard Like a crazy ex-girlfriend in May Maybe it just cries like a baby without its mother Or does it long for the comfort that one brings another? Mother to Son  By Langston Hughes Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor -- Bare. But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's, And turnin' corners, And sometimes goin' in the dark Where there ain't been no light. So boy, don't you turn back. Don't you set down on the steps 'Cause you finds it's kinder hard. Don't you fall now -- For I'se still goin', honey, I'se still climbin', And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
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Friend to Friend

Don't just draw small cartoons people live off of pencils and pens drawin' artwork and portraits makin' somethin' out of nothin' goin' outside the box, so don't just draw small cartoons usin' a pencil is like buildin' a city, you'll never know what would come up next drawin' a portrait is like designin' a dress you'll have to make every detail count, so don't just draw small cartoons life could be as simple as a blank sheet of sheet of paper, your the one who can create somethin' out of it so, don't just draw small cartoons Personification Poem My report card smiled,  Showing off its straight A's   My house no longer sang the Blues. It's great to have happy grades,  Live in a neighborhood that is happy with you. Roller Coaster It smiled a very devious and creepy smiled  It taunted me with its smile   Telling me i was to afraid to get on   I was afraid but i was proud to be afraid   Of this so called "scary" roller coaster grades and how they felt about it || metaphorically || Good Hotdogs  By Sandra Cisneros Fifty cents apiece  To eat our lunch   We'd run   Straight from school   Instead of home   Two Blocks   Then the store   That smelled like steam   You ordered   Because you had the money   Two hotdogs and two pops for here   Everything on the hotdogs   Except pickle lilly   Dash those hotdogs   Into burn and splash on   All that good stuff   Yellow mustard and onions   And french fries piled on top all   Rolled up in a piece of wax   Paper for us to hold hot   In our hands   Quarters on the counter   Sit down   Good hotdogs   We'd eat   Fast till there was nothing left   But salt and poppy seeds even   The little burnt tips   Of french fries   We'd eat   You humming   And me swinging my legs 31 Flavors Text  Tweet   Facebook   Or call   Lets gather up the friends and head 2 the mall   Walk or ride   Well it depends how hot it is outside   All 31 flavors   How can i chose   I want them all   Oreo Cookies n' Creme   Is really a dream   Strawberry and Blueberry   Too   I guess I'll decide   On one try   Of eenie meenie miney moe   Which ever one   I chose   I'll take it   To   Go  good time in their that they remember || memory ||
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 * Line 3-7 || Imagery || Trying to describe his life in detail ||
 * Line 2,20 || Metaphor || Crystal stairs are nice and he's saying that his life isn't nice ||
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 * Lines 1-5 || Personification || Describing how they got good
 * Lines 1-5 || Metaphor || Talking about their goods grades
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 * Lines 1-31 || Memory || The author could be talking a
 * Lines 1-31 || Imagery || Talking about in detail about a good