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What text structure does the author use in the underlined section of the excerpt?
The Dreamer
Dreams are beautiful. They go beyond your imagination and
create a world so special that you start living in it. I was a
dreamer once and still am today. I still have the same dream
that I had as a young boy. The problem is that I grew, but my
dream did not. I always wanted to be an artist. I love the
smooth texture of canvas and the colors, shades and lines that
sive we to what seems to be a lifeless picture
My dream besan in a boring math class. I never liked numbers
as they never made any sense to me. For me they never spoke
a word. I started making ducks out of 5s and watermelons out
of os before the math teacher caught met The first time. Mr.
Potter warned me. But I could hardly sit through his classes. He
Caught me drawing once again in his class and that was it in
those days many adults believed that painters and artists were
dropouts who could not find any job. My parents were called
Mr. Potter told them that I would fail miserably if I were to take
up the arts. This idea upset my parents more than me. My
father was a respected professional and he expected me to
become ke him one day. He never understood why I could see
ducks where others saws. I tried explaining it to him, but
guess he did not understand it
O flashback
OB parallel plot
Oc pacing
OD foreshadowing
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The flashback is a narrative device in which the author interrupts the narration to jump into the past through memory. This resource is also used in other fields such as cinema, series, comics, and video games. Therefore, the sentence "My dream began in a boring math class. I never liked numbers as they never made any sense to me" is a flashback since the character refers to an episode from his past through memory. So the correct respect is A.