The excerpt is important in a sense that, it develops the idea that the speaker feels like an outsider with the other boys.
Answer: Option D.
Explanation:
‘How I Learned English’ is a poem written by Gregory Djanikian where he have used first person point of view in his writing to give the readers idea about the thoughts and feelings of the central character.
The excerpt provides gives us an idea that how the speaker is feeling indifferent from the rest of the boys. The setting here is about the rising action, it describes how the speaker is engaged with other boys, but despite that he feels like an outsider.
Answer:
Metaphor
Explanation:
This is an metaphor because you are comparing them without like or as
My guess would be to get the reader thinking hard. They would ask the question like yu just did, "Why did he just say that at the beginning." My guess would be so they look fo clues to tell what he means by saying this. This is not how we normally write, so we would have to pay attention and look for clues to interperet what he means.
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The Artimes Wolf