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most children brought up in brooklyn before the first world war remember day there with a peculiar tenderness. it was the day children went around “ragamuffin” or “slamming gates,” wearing costumes topped off by a penny mask.


how does smith use language to reveal setting?


a. she uses syntax such as “first world war” and “ day.”
b. she uses themes such as “first world war” and “ day.”
c. she uses diction such as “first world war” and “ day.”
d. she uses diction to structure the words in a way to make them easier to understand.