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Summary Of Seventh Grade By Gary Soto

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“Seventh Grade is a fictional short story by Gary Soto and its purpose is to entertain. This book “Seventh Grade” teaches young adults how they can search for their community and their place. “Seventh Grade” multiple languages such as French or Spanish. This book also uses third person limited narrative. An example of a simile from the book would be “It was confusing, like the inside of a watch”. A example of hyperbole would be: “Better yet, he wished he could start his life over.” An example of a metaphor from the book would be “A river of nervous sweat ran down his palms.” The author used different languages such as french like “Tres bien. Parlez-vous francais?” or “Le bateau est sur l’eau”. Gary Soto uses imagery in his sentences with many

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