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What technique does the author use in the sentence 'And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws' to create a childlike excitement?
What technique does the author use in the sentence 'And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws' to create a childlike excitement?
How does the sentence 'Then from far away across the world he smelled good things to eat, so he gave up being king of the wild things' demonstrate pacing in the authorial voice?
How does the sentence 'Then from far away across the world he smelled good things to eat, so he gave up being king of the wild things' demonstrate pacing in the authorial voice?
In what way does the sentence, 'Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by' from Robert Frost's 'The Road Less Taken' demonstrate the authorial voice?
In what way does the sentence, 'Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by' from Robert Frost's 'The Road Less Taken' demonstrate the authorial voice?
What effect is achieved by the lack of comma breaks in the sentence 'And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws'?
What effect is achieved by the lack of comma breaks in the sentence 'And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws'?
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How does the sentence 'Then from far away across the world he smelled good things to eat, so he gave up being king of the wild things' contrast with the previous sentence?
How does the sentence 'Then from far away across the world he smelled good things to eat, so he gave up being king of the wild things' contrast with the previous sentence?
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What purpose does the repetitive use of 'terrible' in 'And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws' serve?
What purpose does the repetitive use of 'terrible' in 'And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws' serve?
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How does the sentence 'Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by' from Robert Frost's 'The Road Less Taken' reinforce an authorial voice?
How does the sentence 'Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by' from Robert Frost's 'The Road Less Taken' reinforce an authorial voice?
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In what way does the sentence 'And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black.' from Robert Frost's 'The Road Less Taken' indicate action in the narrative?
In what way does the sentence 'And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black.' from Robert Frost's 'The Road Less Taken' indicate action in the narrative?
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'Then from far away across the world he smelled good things to eat, so he gave up being king of the wild things.' What aspect of character does this sentence reveal?
'Then from far away across the world he smelled good things to eat, so he gave up being king of the wild things.' What aspect of character does this sentence reveal?
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'And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black.' What aspect of setting is revealed in this sentence?
'And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black.' What aspect of setting is revealed in this sentence?
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What effect does the lack of punctuation in the sentence 'And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth...' create?
What effect does the lack of punctuation in the sentence 'And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth...' create?
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In 'The Road Less Taken', the narrator's choice to take the less traveled road signifies:
In 'The Road Less Taken', the narrator's choice to take the less traveled road signifies:
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How do the contrasting sentences 'And the wild things roared their terrible roars...' and 'Then from far away across the world he smelled good things to eat...' differ in terms of tone?
How do the contrasting sentences 'And the wild things roared their terrible roars...' and 'Then from far away across the world he smelled good things to eat...' differ in terms of tone?
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What does the author achieve by constructing a run-on sentence with repetitive adjectives in 'And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth...'?
What does the author achieve by constructing a run-on sentence with repetitive adjectives in 'And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth...'?
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The protagonist in the story is characterized by:
The protagonist in the story is characterized by:
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Which of the following best describes the voice in Robert Frost's poem 'The Road Less Taken'?
Which of the following best describes the voice in Robert Frost's poem 'The Road Less Taken'?
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'Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by.' What aspect of decision-making does this line reflect?
'Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by.' What aspect of decision-making does this line reflect?
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'Oh, I kept the first for another day!' in 'The Road Less Taken' suggests a sense of:
'Oh, I kept the first for another day!' in 'The Road Less Taken' suggests a sense of:
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'And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black.' What does this sentence reveal about the setting?
'And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black.' What does this sentence reveal about the setting?
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'He smelled good things to eat, so he gave up being king of the wild things.' What aspect of character development does this sentence demonstrate?
'He smelled good things to eat, so he gave up being king of the wild things.' What aspect of character development does this sentence demonstrate?
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