In a good multi-paragraph essay, showing everything you know about good, strong, clear writing, answer the following question. use generous examples from your novel reading to support your ideas (you do not need to quote and cite, but refer to examples and instances from the book). your instructor will use all parts of the 6+1 rubric to assess your writing. carefully consider the experience of the main character, protagonist, from your novel. discuss his or her coming of age experience: what built up to his/her experience; how did he/she change; what did he/she learn; and are these learnings of universal value to the readers who read this book?

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First when sexton says; "a thousand doors ago" in the poem "young" she uses a hyperbole, an extreme exaggeration, to explain what time in her life she is talking about. next sexton says; "the wise stars bedding over me" in the poem "young" she uses personification, gives human characteristics to  non-humans, to explain that she is outside at night, with the stars above her. third sexton says; "the boards on the house were smooth and white as wax"  in the poem "young" she uses  imagery, concrete or abstract images that  appeal  to the scenes, to show that the boards on the house were smooth. and she uses a simile when she says "white as wax" which means she used like or as to compare two subjects. in this line she compares the color white and wax to explain further what color the house was.