The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "b. to show how communicating with someone who does not share the same understanding of words can be funny." Lewis Carroll play with language in the dialogue between Alice and the Caterpillar because he wants <span>to show how communicating with someone who does not share the same understanding of words can be funny </span>
I encountered this question before. The underlined idiom was "SHE PUT HER NOSE TO THE FIRE". This question also had choices. These were:
<span>She was cold as she wrote her speech, so she sat by the fire.
She worked hard to finish her speech for the assembly.
She was proud of the speech once she finished it.
She finished the speech in a very short amount of time.
The underlined idiom tells the reader that SHE FINISHED THE SPEECH IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
When you put your nose to the fire, you don't last long because of the heat. Thus, you only spend a short amount of time putting your nose to the fire.</span>
The answer would be A.
The description of "Unlike normal rocks, they have trails etched behind them as if they have traveled across the sand.", provides detail to support the main idea that "drifting" rocks are strange. Some keywords that will help you understand the main idea that "Drifting Rocks are Stange" :
°Unlike
°Traveled
°Trails
