Question

question 2 (01.01 mc) read the following excerpt from the turn of the screw by henry james. then answer the question that follows. he had been left, by the death of their parents in india, guardian to a small nephew and a small niece, children of a younger, a military brother, whom he had lost two years before. these children were, by the strangest of chances for a man in his position—a lone man without the right sort of experience or a grain of patience—very heavily on his hands. it had all been a great worry and, on his own part doubtless, a series of blunders, but he immensely pitied the poor chicks and had done all he could; had in particular sent them down to his other house, the proper place for them being of course the country, and kept them there, from the first, with the best people he could find to look after them, parting even with his own servants to wait on them and going down himself, whenever he might, to see how they were doing. what effect does the sentence structure have on the bolded sentence? the long, drawn - out syntax signals the lengthy, two - year journey of the uncle caring for his niece and nephew. the lack of punctuation marks in the sentence reveals the uncles rambling thoughts about not liking the children. the long, drawn - out syntax is the same length as the first two sentences, so it does not mean anything. the short, choppy syntax reflects the uncertainty over who will care for the children after their parents death.

Explanation:

The long - drawn - out syntax in the bolded sentence mirrors the complexity and length of the uncle's experience in caring for the children. It emphasizes the long - term nature of his guardianship and the many considerations and actions involved. The other options are incorrect as there is punctuation in the sentence, the length is significant, and the syntax is not short and choppy.

Answer:

The long, drawn - out syntax signals the lengthy, two - year journey of the uncle caring for his niece and nephew.