Hi! Can I get your input on this?
"With skis on poples in hand, Nate inched toward the ski lift. He felthis hands grip the poles tighter and tighter with every shuffle. Would he be able to catch a ride without falling? Nate stood in place and waited for the moving seat to arrive. With a gentle nudge, it scooped him up and took him to meet the blue-eyed sky."
Which statment best describes the last sentence of this paragraph?
A: It uses figurative language to vary tht style and affect the tone.
B: It uses figurative language that interrups the flow.
C: It varies the sentence structure and makes the paragraph harder to read.
D: It varies the sentence structure while maintaning the tone. (What I think.)
Again I think it's D but we didn't learn about figurative language yet so the question is a little bit out of the blue.
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So it looks like it is figurative language because it says "it scooped him up and took him to meet the blue-eyed sky." So now I think that the answer is A because it uses figurative language to vary the style but it's confusing because it says that it, "affects the tone." I just seems that the tone throughout is the same besides the figurative language???
"With skis on poles in hand, Nate inched toward the ski lift. He felt his hands grip the poles tighter and tighter with every shuffle. Would he be able to catch a ride without falling? Nate stood in place and waited for the moving seat to arrive. [<~~Up to here, the tone seems to be hesitant or nervous. But the last sentence lightens up a bit (scooped him up), probably because his nervousness went away once the ski lift caught him.~~>] With a gentle nudge, it scooped him up and took him to meet the blue-eyed sky."
Yes, A.
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Based on the given paragraph, the last sentence ("With a gentle nudge, it scooped him up and took him to meet the blue-eyed sky") can be analyzed to determine the correct statement.
A: It uses figurative language to vary the style and affect the tone.
This option mentions the use of figurative language. Figurative language refers to the use of words or expressions that are not meant to be taken literally. However, the last sentence does not seem to employ any figurative language, as the words are used in their literal sense.
B: It uses figurative language that interrupts the flow.
This option suggests that the use of figurative language hinders the smooth flow of the writing. As there is no figurative language in the last sentence, this statement is not applicable.
C: It varies the sentence structure and makes the paragraph harder to read.
This option highlights a change in sentence structure that might make the paragraph more difficult to read. However, the last sentence follows a standard sentence structure and does not introduce any complexity that would make it harder to read.
D: It varies the sentence structure while maintaining the tone. (What I think.)
This option suggests that the last sentence varies the sentence structure but still retains the overall tone of the paragraph. The last sentence indeed deviates from the previous sentences by starting with a prepositional phrase ("With a gentle nudge"), and it does maintain the descriptive and atmospheric tone of the paragraph.
Based on the analysis, option D is the closest description of the last sentence of the paragraph.
Read about figurative language here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literal_and_figurative_language
Then rethink your answer, please.