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Thank you We sneak in Speak juxtaposition fleischman What is

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juxtaposition and how is it used in the novel Juxtaposition

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is basically any time two interesting things are placed next

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to each other We usually use this word when two

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unlikely things are placed next to each other So the

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juxtaposition of the love note with the poison or the

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juxtaposition of you know the sun with the rain What

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juxtaposition does is it asks us to make a comparison

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between tooth days and think about how they're similar how

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they're different and how this might impact the text So

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in this text there are lots of juxtapositions mostly dealing

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with melinda's melinda's moods and things that are happening to

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her and how people are responding What is juxtaposition And 00:01:12.157 --> [endTime] how is it used in the novel Ah

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