2. Use the following lines from the poem "Cut" (pages 38-39) to answer the question: Which context clues might best help a reader understand what the word "calamity" means?
He opens the scissors / grabs my hair / to slash a strand.
I don't hear / my golden lock / hit the floor,
but I do hear / the sound / of calamity
when Vondie hollers / OH, SNAP
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Responses
"I don't hear"
"I don't hear"
"grabs my hair"
"grabs my hair"
"to slash a strand"
"to slash a strand"
"the sound"