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CAHSEE ELA 9.3 Ambiguities. Which of the following is an example of figurative language in the previous passage?
CAHSEE ELA 9.4 Ambiguities. Which of the following is not an example of symbolism?
CAHSEE ELA 9.5 Ambiguities. Which of the following statements about allegory is true?
CAHSEE 6.4 Passage Drill 167 Views
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CAHSEE 6.4 Passage Drill. Based on the passage, which sentence provides the best conclusion about the author, Ralph Waldo Emerson?
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Sorry Then here's your shmoop choose your brought to you
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by non conformity which might seem strange when every video
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starts with an a huge your shmoop du jour I'm
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sorry about that All right check out the following passage
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from self reliance Ralph waldo emerson man Flexibility is that
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can't be right What Pretty arkels children these voices we
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here in solitude Well based on the passage which sentence
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provides the best conclusion about the author ralph waldo emerson
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and hear the potential answers quiet of hens Browning reed
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Well this questions asking us to get to know the
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rial ralph waldo emerson Like where in the world is
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he Well he tried to facebook stock him but he's
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got his paid set private moment so we'll have to
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do it the old fashioned way and glean what we
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can from passage Well choice a is the first to
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go Emerson definitely is not being quiet about his ideas
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He's shouting them from the rooftops has all hoes all
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right while he's writing in publishing essays about him Anyway
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option c is half right Of course the trouble with
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being half right is that you're also half wrong Yeah
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emerson talked a lot but it's crazy to think that
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one of america's greatest writers didn't read even kicks off
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the essay by mentioning a book that he read choice
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t misses the point This essay is all about the
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power of the individual so emerson social life isn't all
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that relevant While emerson does say the great man is
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he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with
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perfect sweetness the independence of solitude The point is that
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we stick to our guns despite what the crowd might
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think A friendly suggestion it's A bad idea to take
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a gun into a crowd All right the correct answer
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is b teau emerson it's best to be the kind
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of person who is different from the crowd Chances are
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good that emerson is proud of his nonconformist lifestyle Check
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out this quote If you don't believe us who's so
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would be a man must be a non conformist Incidentally
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who so would be a man also needs x y 00:02:04.97 --> [endTime] chromosome
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