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Ad the excerpt from chapter 7 of Obasan by Joy

gawa.
hurried behind her as she marched ahead to the car.
What a conference! You should have been with me,
Nomi," she said. "There was so much to learn. I had no
dea how much I still hurt. Just read some of these
papers." She flung open her briefcase and took out a
bundle of conference notes and papers as I searched for
the car keys.
"Ever read this?" she asked, punctuating the air with a
pamphlet entitled "Racial Discrimination by Orders-in-
Council."
Which phrases help develop the energetic mood of the
text?
"took out a bundle" and "searched for"
"flung open" and "punctuating the air"
"Just read some of these papers"" and "Ever read
this?""
"You should have been with me," and "I had no idea
how much I still hurt."

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Answer:

"flung open" and "punctuating the air"

Step-by-step explanation:

phrases that have metaphors help develop the energetic mood of the

text:

flung and punctuating are metaphors

metaphors are words you cant take literally

metaphors are words that show emotion

she didn't literally flung open her briefcase

flung means to throw but it looked she was going to

this shows emotion

pamphlet didn't punctuate the air literally

punctuate means to break

air wasn't literally broken

but emotion wise its a good way to show how she was waving the pamphlet

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