don’t get there before the dust settles, you can bet she’s dead
Here the writer uses hyperbolical language to emphasize their point and express how nosy Mrs. Freeman really is.
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was eighteen and had many admirers; Carramae, a blonde, was only fifteen but already married
The descriptive language here helps the reader create a picture of the two characters in their head.
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They carried on their most important business in the kitchen at breakfast
The writer really sets the scene for the reader in the first line of this paragraph. The serious tone and succinctness of this sentence immediately engages the reader.
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Her forward expressionwas steady and driving like the advance of a heavy truck
The writer uses a simile to show the sternness of her
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Sheseldom used the other expression because it was not often necessary for her to retract astatement
Here the writer shows the stubbornness of Mrs. Freeman, specifically through the use of the word “seldom.”
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Her forward expressionwas steady and driving like the advance of a heavy truck
The writer effectively uses a simile here to show the sternness of Mrs. Freeman’s expression.
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