Dream's Winter

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This short story is told from the ______________ point of view (pov)

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1st person

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From the quote: "They're an elite unit, comprised of specialists.", one could infer that the two men in the story might be:

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a kind of soldier

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A reader could infer that the narrator doesn't say much because:

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He doesn't want to be kicked out of the group

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Identify the simile: "That kind of thing doesn't matter like it used to.", "Rosy cheeks. Little smiles. Like the kids on the old soup cans.", "My dining room used to have windows like that."

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"Rosy cheeks. Little smiles. Like the kids on the old soup cans."

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The reader can infer that, "Then there was a flash," Chase said, "Boom" ..."Then it all goes black..." implies

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There was a bomb or sudden attack.

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Identify the use of flashback: "His mouth had gone small, pulled to one side", "I used to wake up in a sweat every time I heard the bang.", "The water bottles come out in a while."

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"I used to wake up in a sweat every time I heard the bang."

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Identify the use of imagery: "It curled into a ball, its shell a series of overlapping blackish-brownish wedges.", "I lifted my heel and poised it above the bug.", "Do you remember dining rooms, kid?"

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"It curled into a ball, its shell a series of overlapping blackish-brownish wedges."

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"I can still hear the kids. I can't see them...They're saying something. Whispering and laughing."
This quote contains two components of imagery:

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sight and sound

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"Chase sat with his back to the old dead tree, scratching at a patch of hard, blackened earth with his compass."
This quote contains which examples of imagery: smell and taste, sound and sight, touch and sight

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touch and sight

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"It wasn't too long ago that they took me in. They were impressed with my skill as a sneak." "One wrong word, one errant move, and they could throw me back down the hill, to waste away from starvation and thirst."
This reveals what about the narrator?

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He longs for acceptance and security.