Answer:
to clear up confusion about an issue
Explanation:
The likeliest reason the author uses the phrase "a gross exaggeration" in paragraph 1 is that he wants to clear up confusion about an issue.
The word "exaggeration" means making something appear bigger than it actually is, so if the author describes something as being a gross exaggeration, then it means he wants to clear up confusion about an issue.
Answer:
In a room.
Explanation:
From the poem, we can see that she is in a room, perhaps at night because it is indicated that she came into a room and she was described as kindling the narrator and they "wake up glowing" which could be in a literal or figurative way.
<u>When she comes slip-footing through the door,
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<u>she kindles us
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<u>like lump coal lighted,
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<u>and we wake up glowing.
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<u>She puts a spark even in Papa’s eyes </u>
<u>and turns out all our darkness.
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<u>When she comes sweet-talking in the room,
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<u>she warms us </u>
<u>like grits and gravy,
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and we rise up shining.
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<u>
Even at night-time Mama is a sunrise
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that promises tomorrow and tomorrow.</u>
<u>Mama Is A Sunrise</u> by Evelyn Tooley Hunt.
