“Dad, what is the Clue Clux Clan,” asked my 10-year-old son Bakary as we sat under a shade tree on Saturday in Montgomery, Ala. We were waiting to register for

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We use hyperbole to express our feelings. We cannot express exactly how we are feeling without hyperbole. We hear hyperbolic words and sentences like I am so tired that I

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This lesson was developed by the Academy of American Poets in collaboration with a small group of New York City elementary school teachers who are creating social studies curricula aligned with the

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