Read the excerpt.

the world had lost its boundary lines. my mother, who was small and soft, was now the strength of the family; my father, who was the rock on which the family had been built, was sobbing like the tiniest child. everything was suddenly out of tune, like a broken accordion. where did i fit into this crazy picture?

identify an example of figurative language used in this paragraph and in about 75-100 words, discuss its meaning and impact.

One of the sentences in which the author uses figurative language is the idea of a "broken accordion" The author is trying to tell us that all of a sudden, his whole world was turned upside down. His mother and father had changed roles, and everything felt strange.

The author compares this feeling of oddity with the idea of a broken musical instrument, which leads him to say that the world was "out of tune." This comparison is useful because an instrument that works produces beautiful music, while a broken one only produces sad and confusing noise.

d) she is both terrified and excited by the idea of returning to school.

a) she takes one day at a time.

d) she felt like she was an object of ridicule.

d) she tells her daughter not to worry about it because things will get better.\

b) elnora needs money for books and out-of-town tuition. she will raise the money herself.

a

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