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Thank you We sneak in Speak Breaking the silence I'll

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ashman In what ways does melinda's revealing of the truth

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represent a second climax of the novel Melinda decides that

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it's time to speak out publicly to her teachers and

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her parents That's a huge moment because it breaks the

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literal silence that she's mostly been engaging with the whole

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the whole school year It's also going to be a

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moment of change for everyone We already know that when

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melinda tells her best friend rachel about what happened rachel

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decides to break up with who She's dating way Know

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that going public is going to set off a series

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of events So it's a second climax because it's the

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start of a whole new story it's like a really

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beginning point In what ways Says melinda's revealing of the 00:01:07.804 --> [endTime] truth represent a second climax of the novel

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