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question #10
how does the structure of the passage help communicate its content effectively?
a as monologue, it provides a platform from which a character can speak convincingly.
b as dialogue, it reveals conflicts and tension between the characters.
c as a speech, it creates a formal distance between the speaker and his listeners.
d as a soliloquy, it offers a character the opportunity to express his inner thoughts.
question #11
read this sentence from the text.
spose you could cultivate a flea up to the size of a man, and keep his natural smartness a - growing and a - growing right along up, bigger and bigger, and keener and keener, in the same proportion — whered the human race be, do you reckon?
what are the three most probable reasons why tom includes this question in his argument?
a he wants to compare the learning abilities of a flea and a human.
b he is bored and says the first thing that comes to his mind.
c he believes fleas are much smarter than humans.
d he decides that saying something outrageous is a good way to engage his listeners.
e he hopes that his comparison will make him seem smarter than his companions.

Explanation:

Question #10

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option A: A monologue is a long speech by one character, but the question is about how structure (like soliloquy, dialogue) helps. Monologue doesn't fit as well as soliloquy for inner thoughts.
• Option B: Dialogue involves multiple characters talking, but the question's context (likely from a literary work with a character's inner expression) doesn't match dialogue's conflict - revealing purpose here.
• Option C: A speech is formal and directed at an audience, not for inner thoughts.
• Option D: A soliloquy is when a character speaks their inner thoughts aloud (often in drama), so it offers the chance to express inner thoughts, which matches the purpose of effective content communication for a character's internal perspective.

We analyze each option:

• Option A: The question about cultivating a flea to human size and its smartness growing can be a comparison of learning/intelligence abilities of flea and human, so this is a probable reason.
• Option B: Saying the first thing out of boredom is not a strong reason for including a question in an argument, so this is unlikely.
• Option C: The statement about cultivating a flea to grow smartness implies he thinks fleas, when scaled, could be smarter, so this is a probable reason.
• Option D: Proposing an outrageous idea (flea to human size with growing smartness) can engage listeners, so this is a probable reason.
• Option E: The question is more about the argument's content than seeming smarter than companions, so this is unlikely.

Answer:

D. As a soliloquy, it offers a character the opportunity to express his inner thoughts.

Question #11