Complete the sentences below using information from the excerpt. Then use the completed sentences to
help you annotate the excerpt.
of
1. Angelou compares Mrs. Flowers to a
She also compares Mrs. Flowers's skin to a
farmer
2. Descriptions of Mrs. Flowers's voice include "My name was beautiful when she said it,"
these details have in common the idea that a person's voice
3. Mrs. Flowers tells Marguerite that
a strong impact on Marguerite because it suggests that by
central idea because it offers an example of
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when she says that Mrs. Flowers's dresses and hats are
, suggesting that it is smooth, shiny, and dark. Both of these are examples
5. In the excerpt, Angelou mentions that she has "tried often
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4. Angelou uses
personality
kind of person Mrs. Flowers is, and the way she addresses Marguerite, makes her words "
in this way is
Mrs. Flowers is an example of
Flowers would likely have considered Angelou's dreams
for the rest of her life. Her profession, as an
"
to describe Mrs. Flowers, while Mrs. Flowers herself speaks mostly in
Most of what she says to Marguerite is straightforward, such as
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They help to support a central idea about
what makes us human and connects us to other humans. This idea might have had
Marguerite was
This supports the
and the consequences of Marguerite's
and
because
. All of
1
which her
." However, the
." Since her ability to speak
"in the reading she did for Mrs. Flowers. This suggests that
also suggests that she
Mrs.