atleast how I could see it- is that the more children a family has, a more motherly role is put onto the woman of the household, ending up working more hours at home and such to tend to their families. whilst men work more, hence forth their not home as much or doing outside laboring activities that can count towards this graph. more children, more work with cleaning, caring, etc. etc. :)
Explanation:
S.E. Hinton uses a variety of literary devices to make The Outsiders an interesting read. Some of these include alliteration, foreshadowing, hyperbole, irony, personification, simile, and metaphor. Alliteration includes the repetition of similar sounds.
D, with the most simple. When writing speeches/voicing speeches, always go from simple to complex so your listeners or readers can follow the point you are trying to get across.
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