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(RI.2.5) Read this sentence from the article. I wonder what it would be like to have lived in a house where there were ruler
marks beside a door frame, documenting each of my childhood growth
spurts; to have a friend who's known me since nursery, not to feel like a
tourist, wandering around with a map in a country that I'm supposed to
embrace as my own
How does this sentence contribute to the effectiveness of the author's
argument overall?

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