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Contradictory is something that is mutually opposed or inconsistent.
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Past a dozen unlit shops, a dozen half-lit, a dozen dying dark. The sentence is an example of contradictory because the shops are inconsistent. Some are not lit, others are half-lit, and the rest dying dark.

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Charles Halloway,not knowing why,crossed the street to watch the man pasting up one of the posters inside the unrented and empty store. The author included this to warn the reader that the boys might rent a store for something.
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Shades slithered, doors boomed, keys rattled their bones in locks, people fled with hordes of torn newspaper mice nibbling their heels. The author added this to warn the reader something was about to happen.

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This is the introduction of Mr. Tetley,a proprietor. It is also the boys thinking of renting the store.

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Bang!they were gone!
This is important cause the boys that ran off left one of the boys behind.
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Charles Halloway,not knowing why,crossed the street to watch the man pasting up one of the posters inside the unrented and empty store. This is important because the kids could be planning to rent the store.

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Acreage
S-And the vast glittering acreage of the dime store with its ten billion metal.
Define- an area of land, typically when used for agricultural purposes, but not necessarily measured in acres.
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Serpentine
S- As he did this, Will watched the barber pole whirl its red serpentine up out of nothing.
CC-Whirl and up
D- a dark green mineral consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate, sometimes mottled or spotted like a snake's skin.

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I was confused by the plot of the story.

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I was surprised when there was a bartender in the library.

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I think because their is a bartender in the story, their dad is an alcoholic.

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These chapters were about introducing the characters.

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This novel is told in third person. This is important because you will only know as much as the narrator.

Imagery:
Jim Nightshade-wild, thick hair, waxed chestnuts, born one minute after midnight.

Figurative Language:
Without this rod, bang.

Syntax:
"And you?"
The author's style is informal.

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I wonder why the boys are talking to a bartender.