The purpose of this line summarizes the general intention of the whole poem by Taylor Mali where he exposes how new generations use language in an almost incongruent form and how they are not self-aware neither self-assured of themselves and the way they follow tendencies in communication more than actually convey a message.
The correct answer is C To mock the manner of speaking that the writer is criticizing.
The other options are not correct because they don't show the critical aspect of this piece of work which is totally focused on the way we communicate to each other.
All of the fossils could be from fish,dinosoures,leaves, or plants. The reason why this could happen is because it could have happened thousand of years ago and the sea level could have been lower.