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"I had not expected his name to be Ocean. 'My parents are weird,' was all he said by a way of explanation. I shrugged" (Mafi 23).
"I shrugged" shows how Shirin doesn't care about Ocean at this point.

As I re-read the first 100 pages of the book I realized that there are many small details that act like clues to future events. This for example, is ironic because in the future it's not like she doesn't care about Ocean's life. On the contrary, she eventually wanted to learn more about him. I think this is irony/foreshadowing

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When I finally made it upstairs, it was past eight, and Ocean had hit peak panic. I cringed as I clicked through his messages. (Mafi 27)
metafor

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And we did.
But I felt something change between us, and I had no idea what it was.
(Mafi 46 - Book Format)

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"“Good idea. Let’s get out of here.”
[...]
We walked to IHOP." page 57-59 pdf

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“I also think you’re really goddamn beautiful but you just won’t give me a chance to be cool about this, will you?”

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“I also think you’re really goddamn beautiful but you just won’t give me a chance to be cool about this, will you?”

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confessional writing (pg 61 pdf)

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"But I had never, ever touched someone and felt like this: like I was holding electricity inside of me." (Mafi 145)

Metaphor.

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"“How can you be so sure that this won’t work that you won’t even
give it a chance?”
[...]
“No. You think you do. But you have no idea what’s about to happen.”
“Yes,” I said, “yes, I—”
And he kissed me." pg.111 pdf
Here we can see how Ocean is trying to convicne Shirin to give it a shot and Shirin is in denial, yet he doesn't care and goes right in to kiss her, he shows passion towards their "thing."

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A boy had been dared to kiss me once and he’d kissed me on the cheekand it was not repugnant, exactly, but the whole thing had been so awkward thateven the memory bothered me.

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A boy had been dared to kiss me once and he’d kissed me on the cheekand it was not repugnant, exactly, but the whole thing had been so awkward thateven the memory bothered me.

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flashback ch 17

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"He is like their golden boy,  he is on the varsity basketball team" I had to sit down, right there, my head suddenly spinning i felt sick. (Mafi 177) book

plot twist

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"I did not know you were a basketball player" ... he said "I really wish you did not find out" (Mafi 187-188 Book)
Shirin gets kind of dissapointed at Ocean for hiding that he was actually one of the most popular and recognized boys at school because he was part of the varsity basketball team, but in our opinion she went all in without even asking about his hobbies or things he enjoyed.

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“So,” I said, and smiled back. “Are you sorry yet? Ready to call it quits?” “No.” He frowned, and looked, for a moment, genuinely upset. “Of course

not.”
“Okay.” I shrugged. “Then let the shitshow begin.” (Mafi 197)
Hyperbole

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page 188 - 190
Two pages worth of Ocean's backstory explaining why he is a basketball player and why he doesn't like it.

Backstory is the narrative technique

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Shirin and Ocean on a call. page 150 chapter 15

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Shirin and Ocean on a call. page 150 chapter 15

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Shirin calls Ocean "Ocean picked up on the first ring, which made me wonder if maybe he was hiding from his mom, too. But then he said"Hi," out loud, like a normal person, and I realized that no, it was just me whose parents were up her ass all the time."

This made the use of humor, which is a literary device but literary devices are part of narratives and narrative techniques.