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In this GED test question, figure out how the interjections in the passage contribute to the main idea. GED Reasoning through Language Arts: Writing Skills Drill 3, Problem 5
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Thank you We sneak in then here's your shmoop du
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jour brought to you by interjections because sometimes a sentence
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how we left the stove on Sorry about that Anyway
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Read this passage bobbles And first on the end of
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my brain going you fancy Thanks Profound He slept all
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right The narrator frequently inserts comments into the story offset
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by dashes such as very gradually and oh so gently
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What main idea do in most of these interjections contribute
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to And the answer's choices are to what main idea
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do most of these contribute Wainwright Okay well all right
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Well now it's conceivable that these dashes could help spice
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up the story button last year very easily bored it's
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pretty hard to describe a narrative about murdering old people
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because of their eyeballs as tedious And while the frequent
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interruptions do help convey the impression that our narrator is
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off his rocker well this is far from an inaccurate
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notion and this story isn't exactly ferris bueller's day off
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The narrator addresses readers now and then But it's just
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not these moments that reveal his thoughts Instead consider the
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text surrounding these hyphens The narrator is emphasizing the extreme
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Care He takes in each step of his crazy plan
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he's slowing himself down making sure every move is executed
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with the utmost care He's showing how much control he
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believes he has over situation So answer C is the
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correct choice They aren't interjections useful now for only oh 00:01:39.363 --> [endTime] no not the same way
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