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Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days

Chapter L · CHAPTER XXVIII.

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CHAPTER XXVIII.

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CHAPTER XXVIII.
IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT DOES NOT SUCCEED IN MAKING ANYBODY LISTEN TO
REASON
The train, on leaving Great Salt Lake at Ogden, passed northward for an
hour as far as Weber River, having completed nearly nine hundred miles
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Around the World in Eighty Days

Chapter L · CHAPTER XXVIII.

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Reading 1/66 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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CHAPTER XXVIII.
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IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT DOES NOT SUCCEED IN MAKING ANYBODY LISTEN TO
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REASON
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The train, on leaving Great Salt Lake at Ogden, passed northward for an
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hour as far as Weber River, having completed nearly nine hundred miles
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an

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ANYBODY

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as

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From this reading hour as far as Weber River, having completed nearly nine hundred miles

at

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CHAPTER

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From this reading CHAPTER XXVIII.

completed

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DOES

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far

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From this reading hour as far as Weber River, having completed nearly nine hundred miles

for

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Great

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having

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hour

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From this reading hour as far as Weber River, having completed nearly nine hundred miles

hundred

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IN

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Lake

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leaving

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LISTEN

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MAKING

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miles

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nearly

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nine

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northward

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NOT

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Ogden

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on

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passed

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PASSEPARTOUT

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REASON

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River

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Salt

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SUCCEED

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The

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TO

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train

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Weber

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WHICH

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From this reading IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT DOES NOT SUCCEED IN MAKING ANYBODY LISTEN TO

XXVIII

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From this reading CHAPTER XXVIII.

Chapter Quiz

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What is the central narrative or theme conveyed in this section of CHAPTER XXVIII.?

Which core linguistic virtue or character attribute is emphasized in this passage?

According to the text: "CHAPTER XXVIII....", what tone does the author establish?

Shadowing Practice

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Narrator: CHAPTER XXVIII.
Narrator: is formed by the southern portion of the Rocky Mountains, the highest