Many migrants have had their caps stolen, so they wrap their heads in T-shirts. They gaze enviously at villagers cooling themselves in streams and washing off after a day of fieldwork and at others who doze in hammocks slung in shady spots near adobe and cinder-block homes. The train cars sway from side to side, up and down, like bobbing ice cubes.

-Enrique's Journey,

Sonia Nazario

How do the figurative language and narrative techniques in the passage support the author's purpose? Check all that apply.

-They show the difficulty of the journey.

-They emphasize the natural environment.

-They emphasize Enrique's determination.

-They show how cold it felt inside the train.

-They show the hardships migrants endured.

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Jamiya Decker

30 August, 00:15

Many migrants have had their caps stolen, so they wrap their heads in T-shirts. They gaze enviously at villagers cooling themselves in streams and washing off after a day of fieldwork and at others who doze in hammocks slung in shady spots near adobe and cinder-block homes. The train cars sway from side to side, up and down, like bobbing ice cubes.

-Enrique's Journey,

Sonia Nazario

How do the figurative language and narrative techniques in the passage support the author's purpose? Check all that apply.

-They show the difficulty of the journey.

-They emphasize the natural environment.

-They emphasize Enrique's determination.

-They show how cold it felt inside the train.

-They show the hardships migrants endured.

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Catherine Barker · Answer 1

Catherine Barker 30 August, 03:52

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the answers are 1,3 and 5

Amari Suarez · Answer 2

The answers are:

A) They show the difficulty of the journey.

C) They emphasize Enrique's determination.

E) They show the hardships migrants endured.