Reading Comprehension #14018

Practice Exercise 27 C

Biographies and Autobiographies

  1. Answer the questions.

    Excerpt #1 The Playpen

    1. How does the writer feel about “Hollywood folk”? Give examples.

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    2. What literary device is used in the following quotation?

      “...of an oil derrick pumping slowly like a praying mantis, ...“

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      Excerpt #2 Degrees of Friendliness

    3. Who are the “friendly witnesses”?.
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    4. Who are the “unfriendly witnesses”?.
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