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1 Is Sammy a hero? A & P by John Updike
10 minutes - Respond to this question and defend your answer: Is Sammy a hero?

2 Pedestrian Diction : street talk, unsophisticated, common language
Lit Devices Anti–hero : a protagonist whose actions are flawed and heroic at the same time Pedestrian Diction : street talk, unsophisticated, common language Crisis Character : brings about the conflict which results in crisis & climax Verisimilitude : a likeness or resemblance of the truth, reality or probability (very similar to the truth)

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