In your house that smelled like rose powder, you spoke spanish formal as your father, the judge with light a courtroom in the country he floated in the dark on a flatbed truck. ( “a voice” ) . 1. name the two similes 2. explain the metaphor contained in the words “the judge without a courtroom.

b. his ability to use formal language to stress strong feelings

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.