I should start calling her Pollyanna. She found a way to make me feel better about what happened, finding the good that came out of it. Positive tone, analogy
Positive tone, allusion
Negative tone, analogy
Negative tone, allusion

Used for an event that has been completed before the present moment in time. simple past past perfect perfect progressive past perfect progressive

How did rick respond to this conflict

The author most likely included these details in order to read the excerpt from "justin lebo." it was a bmx bike with a twenty-inch trame. its original color was buried beneath five or six coats of gunky paint. now it showed up as sort of a rusted red. everything the grips, the pedals, the brakes, the seat, the spokes-were bent or broken, twisted and rusted, highlight the amount of money justin had to spend to restore the bicycle llustrate why justin wanted to give the bicycle away to someone else. emphasize how hard justin had to work to restore the bicycle. show why justin may have made a mistake in buying this bicycle