Fifteen-Year-Old Todd Is Writing an Impassioned Novel About Growing Up

question 134

Multiple Choice

Fifteen-year-old Todd is writing an impassioned novel about growing up in America. In his novel he describes his experiences in a way that portrays them as unique, such that no one has ever thought such deep thoughts or experienced such ecstasy before. Todd's writings most clearly reflect __________

• A) his sense of autonomy.
• B) the personal fable.
• C) the period of rebellion common to all adolescents.
• D) his developing sense of conscience.

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