Writers of persuasion use rhetorical devices to link ideas or emphasize main points
Brian realizes that he needs to blow on the fire. He uses the hatchet to create sparks and they land on the birch bark. He blows the bark, but his breath is too hard and blows it out. He tries again and the sparks grew into a small fire.
The correct answer is going on a first date.
This Gary Soto’s poem, <em>Oranges</em>, describes the feelings of a boy going on a first date, most probably, for the first time in his life. That is the reason why we can say that the poem depicts a rite of passage, because this was a significant turning point in his life.
The first date is described as the first time he walked with a girl. He picks her up. She is wearing make-up. The physical contact between them is shy and gentle and he leds her down the street. He invites her a chocolate bar and the poet keeps on describing his thoughts an feelings to vividly recreate that passage from being a naive boy to a hormonal teenager.
<span>c. It pleases the spirits of the ancestors.
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