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1. Authors use _________________________ in their literary work.
2. The _________________________ of the author can influence his or her work.
3. Readers acquire insights about the _________________________ by reading the text.
4. To understand biographical context, consider the _________________________ under which a work was written.
5. To understand and _________________________ a literary selection, a reader must understand the significant contexts in which it was written ​