How does the metaphor in this excerpt affect the mood of the passage? His amazement amused Regina. In her mind, Regina imagined that Jamal was a long-ago forty-niner discovering an overlooked gold nugget at the height of the California gold rush. Jamal tightly held onto his collection. Each comic book was a gleaming nugget, and he was reluctant to let any of them out of his sight.

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Have you ever felt like the person in this image during a speech or presentation? list four or five things this person can do to be a more effective listener.

Write a five-minute oral presentation about the call of the wild, writing for an audience of your peers. what did you find most fascinating or interesting about the story, and what did you think were its most important points? include one visual element to support your ideas; this may be a short slideshow. then, make small changes to your speech to adapt it to be presented to a formal audience. enter both versions of your speech (informal and formal) in the space below, and include your selected visual element. if possible, present your speech to an audience to receive feedback.