Analyzing Word Choice and Meaning

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Analyze how the phrase "Too late" shapes meaning in the passage: "Our eyes opened. Too late" (23)

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It shows how regretful those on the cattle car are; they realize they should have listened to the cautionary tales.

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Impact of "clanked" on page 24?

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Feeling of being trapped.

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What does "pious" mean?

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religious

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Simile: "Mrs. Schachter looked like a withered tree in a field of wheat"

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Suggests Mrs. Schachter stood out from everyone.

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Sentences on p. 27 & 28: "Dusk began to fill the wagon." "Around eleven o’clock, the train began to move again." How do they relate to the chapter?

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They give perspective to the sequence of events.