Answer:
B. It makes the passage more interesting by contrasting the narrator's comments with his thoughts.
Explanation:
The dialogue better shows the conflict between what he is saying to his friend, and what he is feeling.
A MacGuffin is that object in a film which is critical to the characters, but carries insignificant meaning for the audience.
A MacGuffin, a term introduced and widely used by Alfred Hitchcock is some element which drives the plot. The audience is not very concerned with the specifics of it.
For question excerpt number 1, <span>Garcia uses American baseball terminology to suggest fate’s defeat explains how Garcia’s word choice identifies her voice in the excerpt.
Same as excerpt number 2 in which the statement "</span>Soto relates a story from his life to make a point about what it means to live in a multicultural society" explains how Soto's established his voice in the passage.
Both statement explains how the structures of the excerpts are similar because "Each presents factual evidence to appeal to the reader’s logic".
Answer:
The excerpt claims that Johnson's work is significant because he:
B. searched literature and found more words.
Explanation:
<u>According to the excerpt, dictionaries were quite limited. To write one that was as complete as possible, Johnson had a lot of work. First, he began by reading books. By searching literature, he was able to add more words to the ones dictionaries had already provided him with. Then, he moved on to the difficult but certainly rewarding task of gleaning words from "living speech," which can be quite a chaotic job.</u> He did not change the format of dictionaries, he did not apply rules to make language less chaotic, nor did he select only the most difficult words to define. Therefore, the correct option is letter B.