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QuizMultiple Choice

Analyzing Layers of Meaning in The Surrender Tree

Question 11 • 2026-2027_MDCPS_1001375_English 3 B-CR

Read the excerpt from "Shout: A Poetry Memoir.”Mr. Irving styled and helmeted my mom’s hair introduced her to the other ladies, permed, perfumed, fuming about their husbands the confessor hairdresser, he knew all the juicy details. Told Mom I should join the city swim team, cuz all the kids did and it would make me tired enough to sleep better at night, and not spend so much time in her hair.earthbound, "directionally challenged," "practice," "cemetary girl," and "driven" from SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson, copyright © 2019 by Laurie Halse Anderson. Used by permission of Viking Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.

Answer
A
“Mr. Irving styled and helmeted my mom’s hair”
B
“the confessor hairdresser, he knew all / the juicy details.”
C
“Told Mom I should join / the city swim team”
D
“cuz all the kids did / and it would make me tired enough”

Explanation

The phrase “the confessor hairdresser, he knew all / the juicy details” uses a metaphor: it compares the hairdresser to a confessor because people shared private information with him. The comparison is not literal, so this is figurative language. The other choices describe actions or give a reason without making that kind of comparison.

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