'If' acts as the subordinate conjunction, in that it reduces the importance of the first main clause "I will try this new food", and increase the importance of the subordinate clause, "if you will". The subordinate clause "if" also provides the smooth transition between ideas.
This is a subjective question, so there are certainly no "right" answers. Here are some close-examination strategies:
- Read the text through quickly, and then re-read more slowly until you feel that you understand what the text's purpose is and how each sentence contributes to a greater understanding.
- Highlight key words or phrases that show what the text's theme/topic/focus is.
- Examine the way information is presented. Is it scholarly, humorous, uncertain, etc?
- Is the text part of a larger work? If so, why is this excerpt significant? If not, then why is it meaningful standing alone?
- Research the author/person who created the text. Find out what drove them to write it or what they were trying to do.
- Is there a specific audience that the text is intended for? This relates to prior questions, but you could go deeper as well and look at how the text makes you feel, or whether you have learned a new way of thinking about something.
You can learn a lot by examining a text from different perspectives, including the typical characteristics of-- who, what, when, where, why, how?
Answer:
Explanation:
The author use the analogy of “funhouse mirrors” to help readers understand dystopian fiction by depicting how distorted thinsg were from their natural ways. Similarly to how funhouse mirrors can enlarge someones nose, for insatnce, dystopian fiction takes a flaw in the world and magnifies it to a greater proportion. It is essentially based off of the over-exaggeration of one partical issue in society.
