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Question 10: Which detail in the memoir "First Love" best establishes the theme you chose in your previous answer?

Question 10 options:
Judith later realized that her mother didn't care about her daughter's unhappiness.

When Judith least expected it, the boy she idolized kissed her.

Judith was heartbroken when she learned her family was moving to Puerto Rico.

As an adult, the author recalled how sweet the anguish of first love was.

Question 11: What literary device is used in the quotation below from "First Love"?

"My mother had no great skill as a seamstress. The best she could do was hem a skirt or a pair of pants. That night I would have traded her for a peasant woman with a golden needle."

Question 11 options:
metaphor
personification
iambic pentameter
hyperbole

Question 12: What literary device is used in the passage below from "First Love," and why is it important?
"Sophia glittered like a golden statue."

Question 12 options:
This is a simile, and it is important because it shows how inferior Judith feels compared to Sophia.

This is a simile, and it is important because it makes the reader dislike Sophia for showing off.

This is a metaphor, and it is important because it emphasizes that Sophia thinks she is better than everyone else.

This is a metaphor, and it is important because it shows that Sophia really is the most beautiful girl in the room.

Question 13: What literary device is used in the passage below from "First Love"? "...my heart was a chorus. It was an opera I was composing, and I wanted to stand very still and just listen."

Question 13 options:
personification
onomatopoeia
metaphor
simile

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Question 10: The answer would be D) As an adult, the author recalled how sweet the anguish of first love was.

Question 11: The answer would be D) hyperbole.

Question 12: The answer would be A) This is a simile, and it is important because it shows how inferior Judith feels compared to Sophia.

Question 13: The answer would be A) personification.

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