What is the purpose of the dashes in this excerpt from "Totally like whatever, you know?" "Declarative sentences—so--called beca
use 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?" a)To demonstrate uncertainty about the normal flow of ideas
b)To indicate an approval of the normal flow of ideas
c)To interrupt the pattern of speaking in the normal flow of ideas
d)To create a unusually normal flow of ideas
The answer is C) To interrupt the pattern of speaking in the normal flow of ideas.
Explanation:
Mali Taylor in "Totally like whatever, you know?" uses the stops, commas and words "like", "totally", "you know" and hyphens to create a speaking pattern with breaks and demonstrate a stop in the normal flow of ideas.
