"On Sunday, winds came, bringing a red fire, hot and peppery, searing the inside of my nose,the whites of my eyes
". p.46
what is personification on page 46
200
Billie Jo's mom
What does the piano symbolize
300
"I watched the plants,
surviving after so much drought and so much wind,
I watched them fry,
or
flatten,
or blow away,
like bits of cast-off rags"
(p. 31)
find a simile on page 31
300
“She’s an old mule on the subject of my schooling"
(p. 10)
what is a metaphor on page 10
300
"sorrow climbs up our front steps" P.84
what personification is on page 84
400
"We shake our napkins spread them on our laps and flip over our glasses and plates, exposing neat circles, round comments on what life would be without dust". p. 21
what is the irony in page 21
400
"our ears ringing with the sound of satisfied children." pg. 118
what is the imagery on page 118
400
“when the sun couldn't scorch it.”p.81
What personification is on page 81
500
what simile is on page 55
"That quarter inch of rain did wonders for Ma, too,
who is ripe as a melon these days"
(p. 55)
what simile is on page 55
500
"Ma had been tumbleweed too,
holding on for as long as she could,
then blowing away on the wind”
(p. 202)