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Tangerine Sinkholes Analysis
Throughout the text, the author describes the setting to create conflict. The author describes the Tangerine sinkhole in a realistic way, which develops the conflict when Paul has the chance to play soccer for a new school. According to Newsela, “The states with the most damage from sinkholes tend to be Florida…” In other words, one state which clearly suffers from sinkholes is Florida. In Tangerine, Paul reveals, “Then every seventh and eighth grader started to pour out of those portables, some still calm, some panicking.” In other words, just like the Florida sinkhole the Tangerine sinkhole caused panic and people fleeing the scene.These quotes develop the Tangerine setting by revealing how realistic sinkholes in Florida are.
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