In paragraph 1 of Excerpt 6, the author uses the phrase “ spinning around and around like I was dancing to a rhythm that gets faster and faster until its out of control to suggest —
Question 2
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What is the most likely reason the author uses a simile to compare Karen and Silvia to a perfect 10?
Question 3
3.
In Excerpt 5, the the author uses the exaggeration “The woman is so thin that if a strong wind hit her, she’d end up miles away” to emphasize —
Question 4
4.
What is the most likely reason the author says “ As if I didn’t know that when Mami cooks, the plates taste better than the food“?
Question 5
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The narrator describes falling to the floor "like a ripe mango" after the wind stops in the dream. What does this simile suggest about how the narrator felt or what happened when she hit the ground?