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How Plot Orders Events: Poetry Practice Test
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Read the poem below, then answer the question.
Title: “On Hold”
The automated voice says your call is important
while the music repeats a cheerful lie.
Earlier, I practiced what to say
in the car, at each red light,
my apology growing and shrinking.
Now the line clicks,
and I forget my own name.
Later, I will tell myself I tried.
How does the poem’s ordering—from the present moment on the phone to earlier rehearsal and then to later self-justification—contribute to characterization of the speaker?
Read the poem below, then answer the question.
Title: “On Hold”
The automated voice says your call is important
while the music repeats a cheerful lie.
Earlier, I practiced what to say
in the car, at each red light,
my apology growing and shrinking.
Now the line clicks,
and I forget my own name.
Later, I will tell myself I tried.
How does the poem’s ordering—from the present moment on the phone to earlier rehearsal and then to later self-justification—contribute to characterization of the speaker?