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Standard 3.0 Comprehension of Literary Text

Indicator 7. Analyze the author's purposeful use of language

Objective e. Analyze elements of style and their contribution to meaning

Assessment limit: Common elements of style such as repetition, hyperbole and rhetorical questions

Selected Response Item
Read "Scrambled Eggs" and answer the following question.

Read this sentence which is paragraph 12.

"Well, if scrambled eggs can turn into chicks, then why not?

When the lawyer asks this question, he most likely wanted to

  1. make the judge angry
  2. show off his legal skills
  3. send a message to the judge
  4. cause people in the courtroom to laugh
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Correct Answer:
C
Resources for Objective 3.A.7.e:
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