The answer to this question is d. Hope this helps!
Answer:
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This sentence means a character had decided upon a certain action for a problem in their head. however other characters (the peers in this example) bestowed an act of kindness or "did something nice" for this other characters in hopes that he/she would change their mind. A good example would be if you upset your parent by acting up and they said no to a sleepover. you would do chores or act kindly towards them in order to try to get them to change their mind and say yes.
Answer:
The speaker is using very informal words, being in a formal ceremony. This makes the excerpt of the speech extremely inappropriate.
Explanation:
Informal speeches should not be given at an award ceremony like the one presented in the question above. This type of ceremony requires a formal wording, embedded in a serious speech, without slang, without jargon and without words of a relaxed tone like the speech above, which presented a choice and words very inappropriate for the occasion, like the word "thanks," for example.
