Al narrative.
nick uses chronological order to relate his narrative. what
effect does this have on his arrangement of the plot?
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d invested—how
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not remember a
manure or my hair
what would
so we could
i was attempting
notion erupted
squawking and
ce of this
more like
carcely believe
it allows nick to include extra details as he develops the
events that lead to the most exciting parts of his story
it allows nick to surprise the reader by disrupting the
calm setting with unexpected excitement.
it allows nick to omit the conclusion because he states
his feelings at the beginning of the narrative.
it allows nick to choose which events he will include and
which events he would like to eliminate.

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme