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How did Gary Soto show the reader how much Victor liked Teresa? Provide text evidence to support your answer.

EXAMPLE OF CITING TEXT EVIDENCE

In “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto, the protagonist, Victor, likes Teresa. On p. 6, lines 10-11, the narrator refers to Teresa as “a girl he had liked since catechism classes at St. Theresa’s.” On pp. 8-9, lines 79-81, Victor admired how Teresa walked down the hall, “one foot in front of the other.” On p. 12, lines 205-206, the narrator says that “The rosebushes of shame on [Victor’s] face became bouquets of love.” It is clear through Victor’s actions that he likes Teresa and wanted her to be ‘his girl’.

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