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(Note: This is the first paragraph of Rushdie's short story. Just read it and enter a single dot (".") as answer.)
Salman Rushdie – In the South
The day that Junior fell down began like any other day: the explosion of heat rippling the air, the trumpeting sunlight, the traffic’s tidal surges, the prayer chants in the distance, the cheap film music rising from the floor below, the loud pelvic thrusts of an “item number” dancing across a neighbor’s TV, a child’s cry, a mother’s rebuke, unexplained laughter, scarlet expectorations, bicycles, the newly plaited hair of schoolgirls, the smell of strong sweet coffee, a green wing flashing in a tree. Senior and Junior, two very old men, opened their eyes in their bedrooms on the fourth floor of a sea-green building on a leafy lane, just out of sight of Elliot’s Beach, where, that evening, the young would congregate, as they always did, to perform the rites of youth, not far from the village of the fisherfolk, who had no time for such frivolity. The poor were puritans by night and day. As for the old, they had rites of their own and did not need to wait for evening. With the sun stabbing at them through their window blinds, the two old men struggled to their feet and lurched out onto their adjacent verandas, emerging at almost the same moment, like characters in an ancient tale, trapped in fateful coincidences, unable to escape the consequences of chance. […]
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/05/18/in-the-south
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the *explosion* of heat rippling the air
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the explosion of heat *rippling* the air
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the *trumpeting* sunlight
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the traffic’s *tidal* surges
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the cheap film music *rising* from the floor below
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the *loud pelvic thrusts* of an “item number” dancing across a neighbor’s TV
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the *newly plaited hair* of schoolgirls
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*a green wing* flashing in a tree
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a green wing *flashing* in a tree
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Senior and *Junior*, two very old men
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a sea-green building on a *leafy* lane
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*a sea-green building on a leafy lane*
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the young would *congregate*
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who had no time for such *frivolity*
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The poor were *puritans* by night and day.
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As for the old, they had *rites of their own* and did not need to wait for evening.
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As for the old, they had rites of their own and *did not need to wait for evening*.
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With *the sun* stabbing at them
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With the sun *stabbing* at them
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the two old men *struggled* to their feet and *lurched* out onto their adjacent verandas
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*emerging at almost the same moment*, like characters in an ancient tale
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emerging at almost the same moment, *like characters in an ancient tale*
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*trapped* in *fateful* coincidences
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*unable to escape the consequences of chance*
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Which king of narrator does Rushie use?
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first-person reliable narrator
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third person omniscient narrator
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first-person unreliable narrator
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third-person limited narrator
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Which sentence would be the best thesis statement for a paragraph in an analysis?
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1. The author uses many metaphors and other stylistic devices.
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2. The author uses many stylistic devices like metaphors, similies and irony.
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3. The author uses the setting to create a dense, colourful atmosphere.
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4. The author wants to confuse the reader by providing a deluge of details.
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Which sentence would be the best thesis statement for a paragraph in an analysis?
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The author creates a benevolent distance to the protagonists.
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The author intends to put the protagonists through a series of cruel events.
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The author dislikes his protagonist, especially their age.
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The author is completely neutral about his main characters.