Answer:
In the excerpt from Richard Wright's autobiography "Black boy" title "the rights to the streets of Memphis" the 2 similes that describe the setting in some way are found in the following sentences:
1. "My mother finally went to work as a cook and left me and my brother alone in the flat each day with a loaf of bread and a pot of tea".
2. "Sometimes, when she was in despair, she would call us to her and talk us for hours, telling us that we now had no father, that our lives would be different from those of other children, that we must learn as soon as possible to take care of ourselves, to dress ourselves, to prepare our own food; that we must take upon ourselves the responsibility of the flat while she worked"
Explanation:
From the excerpt, there are similes in the above sentences that describe the setting of the story. It reveals that the family seem to be a single-parent family where the mother is left to cater for the children. The father has been away for sometime leaving the mother alone with the children. The mother gets a work as a cook in order to cater for the children.
This particular excerpt reveals the attitude of the mother in making her son fearless and to possess the ability to defend himself.
The literary device used to describe Johnny's mugging is idiom
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Answer:
flat character- a basic, unchanging character who has only one or two personality traits
words and thoughts-a technique that authors use to develop characters
dynamic character-a character that changes significantly over the course of a story
protagonist- the character most of the story is focused on
antagonist-a character or force that works against the main character
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