Ch. 11/Race Assessment

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Read the sentence below:
Why does the author use a simile in paragraph 3? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
“Voltage, as I’d learned in my books, is how you measure electric pressure. Think of it like the water pressure coming out of a hose” (193).

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Why did the author include this simile in the text?
"The radio sat on the ground between us, sizzling like an egg." (p. 192)

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Why did the author use personification to emphasize the machine in paragraph 6 (p.199)?
"Even though the wheel remained locked, the machine groaned against the breeze, as if begging me to release it." (p.199-200)

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Read the passage.
Based on the response, what can you infer the question to be?
William wanted to become a scientist because he was surrounded by his neighbors who had cars and CD players. In the text it says, “I was filled with the desire to understand, and the questions never stopped coming. If finding these answers was the job of a scientist, then I wanted to become one.” This supports the answer because it describes how William wanted to understand the science behind technology.

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What type of figurative language is found in the sentence below?
"The machine groaned against the breeze, as if begging me to release it."