Harriet Beecher Stowe is the person who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, in 1852. At the time it was published, it was either loved (usually by black people) or hated (by slave owners) because it was an anti-slavery book which portrayed a black slave as the humane person, and a white man as an evil person.
Personally, I think you need to answer this question yourself because if you do end up talking to your parent/teacher, then it wouldn't be exactly like the way I describe how I do it, but anyways:
I can lock eyes with them to make sure they know I'm listening and not disregarding what they say, I could also keep still to be able to hear what they are saying and not be distracted by other things around me.
After I listen to what they say, I'll answer what they are asking based on what I know or what they have asked. If it's something that I have to answer, then either answer right away if you know it, or let them know that you need a second to reply to their question.
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the subject would be the same, the descriptions might be quite different because each used a different It was my great-grandmother's name and now it is mine. Sandra Cisneros grew up in Chicago and now lives in San Antonio, Texas.