A vague pronoun is one whose reference is unclear. Choose the sentence that contains a vague pronoun. A) Bismarck was a hero to
his fellow countrymen. B) Mary and I are going to see Tom and his family. C) Martha hoped that she would find her keys before it got too late. D) Mario gave his little brother a toy that he played with constantly.
The answer is D because it's unclear who the pronoun in that sentence ("his") is referring to - is it Mario or Mario's little brother that it's talking about?
The sentence that contains a vague pronoun is <em>D: Mario gave his little brother a toy that he played with constantly.</em>
Explanation:
This sentence contains a vague pronoun because after reading it we don't understand very well if the pronoun is referring to Mario or to Mario's little brother. Like it says at the beginning of the task, a vague pronoun is one whose reference is unclear, it leaves the reader wondering to whom the pronoun refers to.
Because soliloquies allow the audience to know what a character is thinking or feeling, a soliloquy often creates dramatic irony, as the audience is made aware of thoughts and events that the other characters in the play are not. Soliloquies were once very common in dramas—they appear frequently in Shakespeare.
