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Chapter XIV
“Lo, Sam!” said Maurice cautiously. “What you doin'?” Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain. Sitting in darkness, a great light flooded him with wild brilliance. He gasped!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sitting in darkness, a great light flooded him with wild brilliance.”
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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 Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
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From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
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From this reading Sitting in darkness, a great light flooded him with wild brilliance.
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From this reading “Lo, Sam!” said Maurice cautiously.
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From this reading Sitting in darkness, a great light flooded him with wild brilliance.
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From this reading “What you doin'?”
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From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
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From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
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From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
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From this reading Sitting in darkness, a great light flooded him with wild brilliance.
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From this reading He gasped!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sitting in darkness, a great light flooded him with wild brilliance.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He gasped!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Sitting in darkness, a great light flooded him with wild brilliance.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
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From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
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From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
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From this reading Sitting in darkness, a great light flooded him with wild brilliance.
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From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
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From this reading “Lo, Sam!” said Maurice cautiously.
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From this reading “Lo, Sam!” said Maurice cautiously.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
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From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
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From this reading “Lo, Sam!” said Maurice cautiously.
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From this reading “Lo, Sam!” said Maurice cautiously.
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From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
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From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
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From this reading Sitting in darkness, a great light flooded him with wild brilliance.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Penrod at that instant had a singular experience--an intellectual shock like a flash of fire in the brain.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What you doin'?”
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From this reading Sitting in darkness, a great light flooded him with wild brilliance.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sitting in darkness, a great light flooded him with wild brilliance.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What you doin'?”
