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ACT Aspire Reading: Defining "A Solitude" in Context
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As it is used in the passage, the phrase "a solitude" means:

ACT Aspire Reading: How Does the Author Build Suspense?
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In Lucy's conversation with Mr. Rayburn, the author builds suspense by:

ACT Aspire Reading: Defining a "Walking Funeral" in Context
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When the narrator says that she is observing a "walking funeral", she most likely means that:

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ACT Aspire Reading: Identifying the Author's Point of View about Her Neighbors 6 Views


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The narrator appears to view the people of Dunnet Landing with:


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Okay people question eight of ten in our little spire

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foray here reading country of the pointed first the narrator

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appears to view the people of done it Landing with

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what It's well the narrator is an outsider but an

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outsider who's lived among the people have done it landing

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She knows so much that she doesn't need to be

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curious She has nothing to be concerned about And well

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she's not remotely contemptuous And she likes the town and

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is interested in it Inhabitant So yeah kind of affectionate

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and interested So what do you know That's a that's

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it We're affectionately interested in getting to the end here 00:00:44.405 --> [endTime] We only have two more

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