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The man was a stubborn man. He had children to tend to and a wife whom he loved. The man worked a long eight hours every day, and with four boys, and a wife well he didn't have much time for a dog. That night after he got home he went to the liquor cabinet and opened the bottle. He poured it into his cup and walked into the living room to see his dog laying in his chair. He pushes the dog out of the chair, hearing the thud of a stiff body, leading the man to realize its dead...
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The auther wrote the passage to inform the reader about Motown records
Answer: D. It helps readers understand what the meaning is behind different types of figurative language.
Explanation: Each time you paraphrase something, you are repeating a thought, image, idea, etc., but expressed in a new way; this piece of "new information" about the same topic helps readers figure out the meaning behind other parts of the poem that would otherwise seem more obscure to them.