The highlighted words in the excerpt are allusions. To what are they making reference, and how is each being used by Kingsolver? Write a paragraph of about 100 words to explain your answer.

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Shadow · Answer

@ndumas Can you post the excerpt?

ndumas · Answer

She's in school now, and I'm very quickly remembering what school is about: two parts ABCs to fifty parts Where Do I Stand in the Great Pecking Order of Humankind?

Shadow · Answer

That's it?

ndumas · Answer

yes

Shadow · Answer

What words are highlighted

ndumas · Answer

two parts ABCs to fifty parts Where Do I Stand in the Great Pecking Order of Humankind?

Shadow · Answer

Hmm well you can break it down into this. The author is thinking about two things, the first being the simplistic things, like learning ABCs. The second is more complicated, taking on a philosophical aspect of 'where am I in all of this.'

Shadow · Answer

Does that make sense?

ndumas · Answer

nvm help me with a other question