So I ain't no good girl

Which line from the poem best expresses the narrator’s feelings at the end of the story?

• I whisper. I wipe my face clean on the bottom of my skirt, stand up, and head for the back of the bus. Then, well, I start thinking.

• The bus keeps rolling, just like my tears, down my cheeks and dripping off my chin.

• My head's back to thinking on Raheem. Tonight, when I see him, I'm gonna . . . I'm gonna . . . make him something nice to eat, I think. And act like I ain't seen nothing at all.

• He rubs the back of my ear.

How are the narrator in the excerpt and the speaker of poem similar?

• They both try to leave but their partner keeps pulling them back.

• They have a love for beating up people who gets in their way.

• They both love their friends.

• They both are crazy.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

What is one difference between both text?

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

Read theses lines from the poem:

17 No matter how I think we grow

18 You always seem to let me know

19 It ain't workin', It ain't workin' 

20 And when I try to walk away

21 You'd hurt yourself to make me stay

22 This is crazy, this is crazy 

These line emphasize that the speaker____.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4