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CAHSEE 1.1 English Language Arts Passage Drill. Which line is an example of a metaphor?
CAHSEE 1.3 Passage Drill. Which of the following is the best way to express the meaning of the word alumni in this sentence?
CAHSEE 1.2 Passage Drill. Which of these sentences from the story best illustrates the sensitive side of the narrator's nature?
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CAHSEE ELA 7.5 Characteristics. Why is the narrator so upset?
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- 00:02
Here's your shmoop du jour...
- 00:10
If you don't quite have this passage branded into your brain yet, hit pause and take another gander...
- 00:15
Why is the narrator so upset?
- 00:18
And here are the potential answers:
- 00:23
Ok, what is this question asking?
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- 00:25
Basically, it wants to know if we're paying attention.
- 00:30
Is it because her friends are abandoning her to hang out at an event she's not invited
- 00:35
Yeah, her friends will be out having fun without her... but she doesn't blame it on them.
- 00:40
She blames it on this mysterious "he" she keeps talking about.
- 00:44
Is she upset because she decides to stay home to study?
- 00:47
Well, if it was her decision, we're not sure what cause she'd have to be upset.
- 00:52
No, not that one either. Is it because she's locked in a dungeon
- 00:56
and there is no one to rescue her?
- 00:58
My my... what an imagination we have.
- 01:00
No... she's upset because she's missing an important event... and we can reasonably
- 01:04
assume it's her dad who's throwing down the hammer.
- 01:08
Our answer is B.
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