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1
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incorrect vocab

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  • he realized he had made a big mistake and immediately went apathetically to apologize
  • no one could compel the answer to the problem posed by the debaters
  • this is an elusive that we ought to act on right away
2
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the following passage from paragraph 34 of Edith Wharton’s “April Showers” Uncle James advice to Theodora about what she should write her next novel about reflects the theme of

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the bias that existed against women writers

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paragraphs 31 and 43 of wharton’s “April Showers” both refer to the first shoots of green in the spring – one when Theodora thought her novel was going to be published and one after she learned it would not be, indicating

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that nature goes on the same, regardless of man’s joys or sorrows

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in paragraph 10 of “the story of an hour” kate chopin expresses one of the central themes of the story when mrs. Mallard’s is illuminated with the realization that

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it is a crime to impose a private will upon a fellow creature – whether kind or cruel

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in paragraphs 3 and 9 of “the story of an hour,” mrs. mallard abandons herself first to ____, then to ____

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her grief, her freedom

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