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The narrator suggests that Rayburn may be more accurately described as a "widower devoted to his only surviving child" rather than "a reserved and solitary man". What evidence, if any, does the narrator provide to support this claim? Use two details from the passage to support your answer.


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Okay We're back at mrs stanton the ghost for aspiring

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readers Here we go The narrator suggests that rayburn maybe

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more accurately described as a widower devoted to his only

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surviving child Rather van a reserved and solitary man What

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evidence if any does the narrator provide to support this

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claim used to details from the passage to support your

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answer Well let's think about sample sample response here How

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about something like this The narrator supports the claim about

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rayburn being a devoted father by depicting his genuine concern

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for his daughter before lucy is frightened by the lady

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raeburn tells her to take care to keep where i

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can see you After she sees the lady and runs

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back to rayburn The narrator says that her pale face

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startled him Rayburn maybe a quiet reserved man but the

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narrator successfully shows how he cares for his daughter Well

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what do you think The narration doesn't need to be

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a knish in for the reader to know how much

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mr rayburn cares about his daughter A third person point

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of view on mission like that provides us with plenty

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of details The description a rayburn as a widower devoted

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to his only surviving child is helpful But the best

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authors don't just tell readers something they show them That's

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what this narrator does by depicting rayburn's care as he

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looks after lucy both before and after she you know

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flips out Immediately after lucy returns shaken rayburn takes her

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on his knee and kisses her devotedly Yes he adores

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his daughter Ah full scoring response presents a clear statement

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about the narrator's sufficient use of evidence to support that

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claim about rayburn And it refers to specific moments in

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the story in which the narrator provides evidence of rayburn's

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devotion to his daughter Oh nice job there dude All 00:01:51.78 --> [endTime] right we're done That's it

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