DIRECTIONS: In these sentences, HIGHLIGHT the corresponding parallel elements with the same color. In the rabidly conformist school environment, the qualities that make people different make them targets. In adulthood, however, the qualities that make people different make them compelling.

The author of “a poem for my librarian, mrs. long” most likely includes allusions to specific writers and books because she wants to provide specific details about the different writing styles that authors used. show the issues that the speaker read about during the civil rights era. emphasize the memorable role that books played in the speaker’s childhood. illustrate how the speaker felt about a variety of authors and their works.