Read the poem and write a gist statement.

Black and Blue

What kind of twin am I

who didn't even notice

when my own brother

comes home with a black eye?

I mean I noticed, but not until

I heard mami yelling at him tonight

While he was getting something from the fridge.

I am already halfway to the kitchen,

then pulling his chin from her grip,

inspecting his eye myself.

I don't say a word to him

and Twin's face flinches in my hand.

"No es nada. It's nothing.

It was just. amisunderstanding.

And although he's answering her,

his eyes are pleading with me.

"It looks some a**h***

misundersood your face

for a punching bag."

Here are a few lines from the poem above:

And although he's answering her,

his eyes are pleading with me.

What figurative language is used?

How does the figurative language impact the reader, influence tone, and illuminate meaning?

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which lets us know the author's feeling (tone /mood/attitude) about ____ is...

Read the poem and write a gist statement. You will choose 2 places where figurative language is used.

Fights

On Monday afternoon,

I lean against the gate at Twin's genius school.

So much happened this weekend, but still I prepare myself for what I knew

I would have to do this afternoon.

Twin gets out an hour later than I do,

and as the kids start filing out after the bell

I spot Twin shuffling my way, but he's not alone.

He's with a tall, red haired boy,

with fingers the color of milk

that brush lint off my brother's sweater softly.

Xavier.

Twin's name never leaves my lips

but somehow he hears me think it.

He pops in y direction

like a bobble-head doll.

He stumbles back from the boy so fast

he almost trips on his shoes.

I look between them, confirming what I've always known,

Twin rushes my way and speaks into my ear.

"Xiomara, what are you doing here?"

And I don't need to tell him

I came to knock my knuckles into someone's face.

To redeem his black eye.

To let them know Twin isn't alone.

"You shouldn't have come to my school,

I don't need you to fight for me anymore."

There is a balloon where my heart used to be

and it whooshes air out at the prick of his words.

I look at the boy who gaezes at Twin

with love all over his face.

"Leave it alone, XIomara"

I think Twin says, But it sounds more like

"leave me alone."

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What figurative language is used?

How does the figurative language impact the reader, influence tone, and illuminate meaning?

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Line of evidence with figurative language.

What figurative language is used?

How does the figurative language impact the reader, influence tone, and illuminate meaning?

This impacts the reader because...