Question

In this excerpt from "Totally like whatever, you know?" elongated hyphens are most likely used for what purpose? "Declarative sentences—so—called because they used to, like, DECLARE things to be true, okay, as opposed to other things are, like, totally, you know, not— have been infected by a totally hip and tragically cool interrogative tone?" To demonstrate uncertainty about the normal flow of ideas To indicate an approval of the normal flow of ideas To interrupt the pattern of speaking in the normal flow of ideas To create a unusually normal flow of ideas

Answer 1

Elongated hyphens in this excerpt are most likely used

To indicate an approval of the normal flow of ideas

Answer 2

Answer:

Option C. In the excerpt, elongated hyphens are most likely used to interrupt the pattern of speaking in the normal flow of ideas.

Explanation:

In the excerpt from "Totally like whatever, you know?" the writer is using a a pattern of writing to accurately reflect the way in which the character is speaking and the normal flow of his/her ideas. The author also adds to the excerpt the use of hyphens, in order to interrupt this pattern of speaking.