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

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16 July, 10:05

She's in school now, and I'm very quickly remembering what school is аbout: two parts ABCs to fifty parts Where Do I Stand in the Great Pecking Order of Humankind? 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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Kingsolver uses allusions in here work. Examples of this are:

... was the best deal this side of the Jackson Purchase ... - a historical event allusion

... came high railing in there like some blond Paul McCartney ... - a famous person allusion

... clouds [that] were pink and fat and hilarious looking, like the hippo ballerinas in a Disney movie ... - famous movies allusions