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Cloze Activity with a Mentor Text Mrs. Bertha Flowers was the aristocrat of Black Stamps. She had the grace of control to appear warm in the coldest weather, and on the Arkansas summer days it seemed she had a private breeze which swirled around cooling her. She was thin without the taut look of wiry people, and her printed voile dresses and flowered hats were as right for her as denim overalls for a farmer. She was out side’s answer to the richest white woman in town.
_______ was the ________ of _______. She/He had the grace of control to __________. She/He was thin without ________, and her/his _________ and ___________ hate were as ________ as __________. She/He was out _________ Assignment Identify the figurative language in the Excerpt (simile, metaphor) Think of an individual who made a strong impression on you. Visualize their appearance Write a parallel paragraph using details from your mental picture