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CAHSEE ELA 8.1 Literary Devices. What effect is achieved by using a flashback?
CAHSEE ELA 8.2 Literary Devices. Which of the following is a characteristic of a soliloquy?
CAHSEE ELA 8.4 Literary Devices. How does the use of the word foreshadowing help a reader better understand the plot?
CAHSEE 12.1 Passage Drill 171 Views
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CAHSEE 12.1 Passage Drill. What kind of person is the narrator in the passage?
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Hurry We want to ask you a question but no
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need to come down to the station All right check
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out the following passage of time my friend that's my
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home time Well what kind of person is the narrator
- 00:17
in this passage And here the potential answers lazy stress
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out All right so this one asked us to read
- 00:24
the poem and get to know the narrator it's a
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short poem so well re read it quickly with that
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in mind after getting to know the narrator a little
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better We're positive that we can cross out choice B
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there's No way This guy is stressed He's totally willing
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to ditch his unholy hills for a while so that
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he could go have a chat with his friend Option
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a is really tempting We might assume that speaker is
- 00:47
a little lazy since he's so willing to shirk his
- 00:49
farm early duties to hang out with his butt But
- 00:52
we figure if he were lazy he wouldn't be out
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there toiling in the fields to begin with Answer D
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is an absolute no this guy's his children's It gets
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there's no way he's awkward and so by the process
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Of elimination we get choice See this answer would be
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stronger if the poem hinted that friend needed some kind
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of really help But it's The best answer we've got 00:01:14.418 --> [endTime] So long
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