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Answer:
The narrative purpose of this excerpt from chapter 1 of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is developing characterization
Explanation:
The question is not complete because it does not provide the complete information, here is the complete information:
Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin. He carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dog-days; and didn’t thaw it one degree at Christmas.
A.
plot development
B.
building suspense
C.
creating dramatic irony
D.
developing characterization
This excerpt gives an extensive description of the character of Scrooge, it does not only describe him physically though words such as "pointed nose", but it also describes the essence of his soul, it uses several adjectives to describe his appearance personality and even his influence over everything around.
The answer is C. She wants to preserve her family’s Mexican culture even though she no longer lives in Mexico.
Explanation:
In the excerpt presented, the narrator describes the ideas his grandmother has about the job he should have and the type of woman he should marry. In this, it is revealed the grandmother wants his grandson to become a barber, and also she opposes he marries an "Okie" or a woman that is not Mexican, this shows the grandmother resist part of the new culture and she aims at preserving her family's Mexican culture which explains she does not want influences from other cultures. This also means she does not necessarily hate American culture but she just opposes someone that is not Mexican becomes part of the family including Italians, Asians, French, etc. and not only Americans. Therefore, it can be inferred the grandmother "wants to preserve her family’s Mexican culture even though she no longer lives in Mexico".
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11. refuse
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By giving the reader a wider and broader sense of recognition of such object, person, emotion, you name it.
for example: the dog walked past me towards its owner.
or
The beautiful brown labrador flounced past me towards its loving owner.
It gives you more detailed information making the reading material more interesting, keeping the reader's attention.
It contributes to the mood depending on what you say and how you say it.
for example: The solemn gray skies.
The gorgeous sparkling lights.