Question

The questions below refer to the selection “The Courage That My Mother Had.”

In the third stanza the two end punctuation marks (“!—” ) serve a special purpose: They —
a.
show the poet’s confusion with standard English
b.
are meant to confuse the reader so that the next line will surprise him or her
c.
show the speaker’s strong emotion, after which she pauses before going on
d.
are part of the speaker’s experiment to use punctuation in a totally new way

Answer 1

C.