Question 1

Marigolds (short story)

How does overhering the conversation between her father and her mother affect Lizabeth?

Asked by hello88

Last updated by Cat on 21 Nov 03:23

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Question 2

Marigolds (short story)

Why does Lizabeth destroy the marigolds?

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Last updated by Cat on 21 Nov 03:21

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Question 3

Marigolds (short story)

Why does Lizabeth get so upset by her father's tears and her mother's strength?

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Last updated by Jill W on 17 Nov 16:46

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Question 4

Marigolds (short story)

Consider the following sentence from the chapter of Speak that you read in Activity 1.3, “Spotlight”: “I dive into the stream of fourth-period lunch students and swim down the hall to the cafeteria.” What connotations do the images of diving into and swim

Asked by anonymous15

Last updated by Cat on 12 Nov 01:27

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Question 5

Marigolds (short story)

A plot event in Marigolds?

Asked by Skittle

Last updated by Jill W on 27 Oct 13:56

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Question 6

Marigolds (short story)

Marigolds

Asked by mia26

Last updated by Cat on 23 Oct 17:59

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Question 7

Marigolds (short story)

Which textual evidence would best support a readers claim but the conversation between Elizabeth parents to strips her perception of the respective rules in the family

Asked by Sam93

Last updated by Jill W on 22 Oct 19:17

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Question 8

Marigolds (short story)

Identify a passage in the beginning of “Marigolds” in which narration is used to reveal Lizabeth’s character. Explain how it shows her complexity.

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Last updated by Cat on 21 Oct 19:38

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Question 9

Marigolds (short story)

According to paragraph 3 in the Model, what is the advantage of making the older Lizabeth the narrator?

Asked by jlo4

Last updated by Cat on 17 Oct 01:17

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Question 10

Marigolds (short story)

Words and phrases used to describe Miss Lottie’a appearance

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Last updated by Cat on 15 Oct 04:25

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Question 11

Marigolds (short story)

What does the reader learn about the background and setting of the story from the first four paragraphs of the text?

Asked by Jasmine59

Last updated by Jill W on 08 Oct 18:36

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Question 12

Marigolds (short story)

The connotations of the juxtaposed images are

Asked by Mariam15

Last updated by Jill W on 08 Oct 11:42

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Question 13

Marigolds (short story)

What is the effect of this hinting at events to come?

Asked by Markito

Last updated by Cat on 07 Oct 17:20

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Question 14

Marigolds (short story)

Who was the protagonist?

Asked by Seniah

Last updated by Jill W on 07 Oct 01:00

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Question 15

Marigolds (short story)

Where do the children go to in paragraph 8

Asked by Sammy2752

Last updated by Cat on 06 Oct 01:06

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Question 16

Marigolds (short story)

What does the reader learn about the background and setting of the story from the first four paragraphs of the text?

Asked by cvndcn c

Last updated by Cat on 03 Oct 01:47

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Question 17

Marigolds (short story)

How does Lizabeth’s destruction of Miss Lottie’s marigolds relate to her transition from adolescence to adulthood? Use evidence from the text in your answer.

Asked by cvndcn c

Last updated by Cat on 02 Oct 21:21

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Question 18

Marigolds (short story)

Use context to determine the meaning of the word futile as it is used in “Marigolds.” Write your definition of futile here and explain which details from the text helped you determine its meaning.

Asked by cvndcn c

Last updated by Cat on 02 Oct 19:01

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Question 19

Marigolds (short story)

I had indeed lost my mind, for all the smoldering emotions of that summer swelled in me and burst—the great need for my mother who was never there, the hopelessness of our poverty and degradation, the bewilderment of being neither child nor woman and yet

Asked by prince16

Last updated by Cat on 02 Oct 18:58

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Question 20

Marigolds (short story)

Why does Lizabeth think Miss Lottie’s marigolds look strange and out-of-place?

Asked by cvndcn c

Last updated by Cat on 02 Oct 17:24

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Question 21

Marigolds (short story)

how does the group respond to brad

Asked by ninamcleroy11

Last updated by Cat on 28 Sep 18:14

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Question 22

Marigolds (short story)

How do we know that Lizabeth is on the verge of becoming an adult?

Asked by _.Maliza._

Last updated by Jill W on 24 Sep 16:41

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Question 23

Marigolds (short story)

Is there any foreshadowing in the story Marigolds by Eugenia W. Collier?

Asked by mitchslilsis87

Last updated by Jill W on 24 Sep 12:18

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Question 24

Marigolds (short story)

What is a syntax in the short story, Marigolds?

Asked by Ckubeja

Last updated by Jill W on 24 Sep 11:39

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Question 25

Marigolds (short story)

What does the narrator mean by “strange nostalgia”?

Asked by Chrislightyear

Last updated by Cat on 24 Sep 02:37

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