'He chased Mikey and me around the yellow house and up a backyard path we knew by heart. The diver wraps herself in her reflection wholly, sealing it at the toes, and wears it as she climbs. In the selection from An American Childhood, the narrator describes the materials that come with her microscope kit. Her fingertips enter the fingertips on the water, her wrists slide up her arms.

Like any child, I slid into myself perfectly fitted, as a diver meets her reflection in a pool. Critical Reading Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or. '.when we heard tire chains come clanking from afar.' Onomatopoeia What type of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE is the following quote from the passage? An American Childhood Quotes Showing 1-30 of 69. from An American Childhood by Annie Dillard. 'sainted,skinny' Alliteration What type of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE is the following quote from the passage? Spherical having the shape of a round ball translucent allowing light to pass through redundant more than what is necessary righteous caused by an insult to one's sense of right What type of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE are the following quotes from the passage?

From an american childhood