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In which of the following pieces of writing is the author most likely to use the narrative technique?
A.
an essay that presents an analysis of a literary work
B.
an essay that presents an argument on a topic
C.
an essay about the author’s personal experiences
D.
an essay that criticizes a viewpoint on a topic
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Which sentence contains a literary allusion?
A.
Sweating and breathing heavily, I finally climbed my way to the peak of Mount Everest.
B.
Throughout the New York City marathon, Beverly breathed calmly and maintained her pace.
C.
We couldn’t wait to attend the Texas state fair, where we could eat the latest strange food.
D.
After my sister made her rude comment, she cackled like the Wicked Witch of the West and flew away.
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Read the following excerpt from a personal essay titled "Lost Childhood." What is the main idea of the essay?
Looking back at my childhood 20 years later, I never realized the many opportunities that I received. Back then, I thought my childhood was filled with things that my parents didn't allow me to do. But now, I realize that my parents did allow me to have many positive experiences. I was allowed to travel with friends on school trips. I was allowed to play sports. I was allowed to choose what I wanted to study. When I talk to friends I grew up with, we are amazed by the opportunities we had. We are grateful for our childhood experiences, even though we didn't recognize and appreciate them at the time.
A.
Childhood often isn’t appreciated until we are grown.
B.
Childhood isn’t an easy time period for every person.
C.
Parents often don’t openly express themselves with their children.
D.
Parents often make childhood more difficult for their children.
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English, 21.06.2019 14:40
Which phrase in this excerpt from james joyce's "araby is a participial phrase? north richmond street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the christian brothers' school set the boys free. an uninhabited house of two storeys stood at the blind end, detached from its neighbours in a square ground. the other houses of the street, conscious of decent lives within them, gazed at one another with brown imperturbable faces the former tenant of our house, a priest, had died in the back drawing-room. air, musty from having been long enclosed, hung in all the rooms, and the waste room behind the kitchen was littered with old useless papers. among these i found a few paper-covered books, the pages of which were curled and damp: the abbot, by walter scott, the devout communicant and the memoirs of vidocq. i liked yellow. the wild garden behind the house contained a central apple-tree and a few straggling bushes under one of which i found the late tenant's rusty bicycle-pump. he had been a very charitable priest, in his will he had left all his money to institutions and the furniture of his house to his sister.
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