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Chapter I
By Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Got a problem? Just pick up the phone. It solved them all--and all the same way! by KURT VONNEGUT, JR. Everything was perfectly swell. There were no prisons, no slums, no insane asylums, no cripples, no poverty, no wars.
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all things; all of a situation
From this reading “Everything was perfectly swell.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It solved them all--and all the same way! by KURT VONNEGUT, JR.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading By Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Got a problem?
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From this reading It solved them all--and all the same way! by KURT VONNEGUT, JR.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It solved them all--and all the same way! by KURT VONNEGUT, JR.
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From this reading There were no prisons, no slums, no insane asylums, no cripples, no poverty, no wars.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Got a problem?
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From this reading There were no prisons, no slums, no insane asylums, no cripples, no poverty, no wars.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything was perfectly swell.
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From this reading By Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Got a problem?
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From this reading There were no prisons, no slums, no insane asylums, no cripples, no poverty, no wars.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It solved them all--and all the same way! by KURT VONNEGUT, JR.
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From this reading By Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Got a problem?
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From this reading Just pick up the phone.
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From this reading By Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Got a problem?
not any; not one
From this reading There were no prisons, no slums, no insane asylums, no cripples, no poverty, no wars.
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From this reading Everything was perfectly swell.
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From this reading Just pick up the phone.
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From this reading Just pick up the phone.
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From this reading There were no prisons, no slums, no insane asylums, no cripples, no poverty, no wars.
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From this reading There were no prisons, no slums, no insane asylums, no cripples, no poverty, no wars.
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From this reading By Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Got a problem?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It solved them all--and all the same way! by KURT VONNEGUT, JR.
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From this reading There were no prisons, no slums, no insane asylums, no cripples, no poverty, no wars.
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From this reading It solved them all--and all the same way! by KURT VONNEGUT, JR.
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From this reading Everything was perfectly swell.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Just pick up the phone.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It solved them all--and all the same way! by KURT VONNEGUT, JR.
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From this reading There were no prisons, no slums, no insane asylums, no cripples, no poverty, no wars.
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From this reading Just pick up the phone.
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From this reading By Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Got a problem?
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From this reading There were no prisons, no slums, no insane asylums, no cripples, no poverty, no wars.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Everything was perfectly swell.
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From this reading It solved them all--and all the same way! by KURT VONNEGUT, JR.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were no prisons, no slums, no insane asylums, no cripples, no poverty, no wars.
