Question

9 are based on the following passage. adapted from marilynne robinson, gilead ©2004 by marilynne robinson. i had known my grandfather. i heard a man say once it seemed the one eye he had was all eye. normally speaking, it seems to me, a gaze, even a stare, is diffused as there are two eyes involved. he could make me feel as though he had poked me with a finger at the. not that he meant any harm to speak of. he was just afire with old age. he couldnt bear all the patience that was required of him by the peace and by the forgetfulness that had settled over everything. he thought we should all be on the move. i dont say he was wrong. that would be like contradicting john the baptist. the use of parenthetical sentences in paragraph 2 and paragraph 4 serves mainly to distract the reader from troubling content by sharing amusing stories provide additional context for the events described by the narrator slow the pace of the narrative to mirror the grandfathers diminished strength indicate that the descriptions of some events are less reliable than they may seem

Explanation:

Parenthetical sentences often add extra - context. They are not mainly for distraction, pacing related to strength, or indicating unreliability. They give more background to the events described.

Answer:

provide additional context for the events described by the narrator