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AP English Literature and Composition 1.8 Passage Drill 2. What is the principle effect of the author's allusions in lines 10-11?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.5 Passage Drill 5. What is the principle effect of the anaphora in lines 10-12?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.9 Passage Drill 5. Which of the following lines best expresses a paradox?
AP English Literature: Card Game Metaphors 7 Views
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The metaphor of a card game that the author uses in lines 7-8 serves primarily to
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No Okay AP English People Here we go Next question
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The metaphor of a card game that the author uses
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in lines Seven eight served primarily Teo Do what Alright
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seven eight Metaphor card game Let's look for it We're
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rolling We're throwing All right you got a hand of
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Lady Fortune is what it'll play Muir attachment who in
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turn taking everything reason Thus to people who cannot afford
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to play cards for money sometimes sit down to a
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quite game for live to card players sitting in a
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tree OK well you backed us So let's think about
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this one Well unless there's some shady business going down
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The whole thing about playing cars is that well it's
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a gamble There's no guarantee of winning to compare a
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marriage to playing cards Then even if it's not for
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money suggest well there's a certain amount of risk involved
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as it turns out for the nickel bees while the
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marriage might not bring a considerable amount of happiness so
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the answer here is C It's to emphasize the riskiness
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involved in matters of live Like When you bet your
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heart you better know your bet What Loser Bowl Because
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they marry for love is opposed a fortune or a
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title The nickel bees are the opposite of reckless Get
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rid of a In fact they're quite adorable way love
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people like that sort of card metaphor here emphasizes the
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risky nature of love not the element of trickery that
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cards can sometimes take where to be And it's figurative
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meaning the couple doesn't necessarily enjoy playing cars Get rid
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of the So Mr Nickleby eventually becomes wealthy The writer
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implies in these lines that he's sitting down to a
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quiet game for love not money So get rid of
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the right answer here It's risk and love is in 00:01:38.1 --> [endTime] C
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