The figurative language here ( ‘A tree my baby brothers could lean on’ and ‘the raft that helps carry them over this life’s rough rivers’) Tells me that the writer of this poem is needed to be a ‘breadwinner’ for the family. This can be enforced by the fact that the poem states the family only consists of ‘Mom and us kids’, The author is now tasked with duties such as caring for his baby brothers once his mother is no longer able to. Families without 2 parental figures is normally very straining to the kids and the single parent, only the strongest can withstand the onslaught of caring for kids. Thus letting me know that the meaning of this poem is that family needs to be there for each other because no one else would.
Answer:
( ) sets off information that is helpful, but not always essential.
: sets apart information that is essential to the meaning of a sentence.
— introduces a list, a definition, an explanation, or a quote that follows an independent clause.
Explanation:
Dashes are used for lists. —
Parentheses or brackets are used when trying to add more to a sentence (just like this) in order to elaborate. ( )
Colon is used for lists or to add on to something. My stomach hurts: I felt a pain in my abdomen.
Tell me if I got it right, sorry if they’re wrong.
Answer:
You didn't put the answer choices, but I can give you an example of one.
Explanation:
Example: "I told Dolly to come to the store with me to get some milk she said okay and came with me."
Basically, no commas or periods/stops, it just keeps going. Hope I helped!
It would be called its definition.
