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$2.$ What is the significance of the sentence, "The license plates $-$NEW YORK, EMPIRE STATE$-$seemed incongruous here, foreign"? Why does Liu include this sentence?

$3.$ What is the essay's main idea? Or$,$ what does Liu want readers to know, think, or feel after reading the essay?

$4.$ What is the significance of the sentence, "I strained to make sense of the choppedoff twangs of Cantonese coming from every direction, but there were more tones than I knew: my ear was inadequate; nothing was intelligible"?

$5.$ What is the significance of the last sentence, "Still, before I went to bed, I made myself take a shower"?

$6.$ How does the writer help orient readers to time and place? What transitions does he use to do this?

$7.$ What details were most memorable or important? Why?

$1/18$: Reply to two classmates' posts, comparing and contrasting your answers and indicating what you learned about writing from that comparison and contrast.

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