C) Tying the paragraph together is definitely one of them. If I had to choose another one I would include B) Emphasizing the important points.
1. (Suspense) Do you remember the circling shark around the boat. The men thought that they were down for, but instead the shark went its way and the men were fine.
2. (Humor) The men were approaching shore where the lighthouse was located when they saw a man waving from shore at them. The 4 men in the boat thought that these people were going to rescue them. Instead they were tourist staying at a beach resort. They thought that they were waving at fishermen not lost men in need of help.
But none of the sentences are called capitalized though
The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "to convince the reader that Huck’s father has the ability to be funny." Twain’s most likely intention for employing humor within this quotation is to convince the reader that Huck’s father has the ability to be funny<span>
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