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Charles: A Brief Summary Of The Story Charles
Charles is a story told by a mother that pays attention to her son's stories about school each day during lunch time. The son, Laurie, mentions about this boy named Charles, who is supposedly a kid from his class. Charles is describes as a boy who is a bad in class, disrespectful to the people around him. The story Charles include literary tools such as imagery, setting and character. The story, Charles, includes many imagery such as taste, feel, and see. In the story, Laurie describes what Charles did today, he mentions a feel, when Charles hit the teaches friend. “He kicked the teacher’s friend,” Laurie said. “The teacher’s friend told Charles to touch his toes like I just did and Charles kicked him.” The second imagery they use was a taste,

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