Question

Which statement is true of this excerpt from "Totally like whatever, you know?"

"Have they been, like, chopped down
with the rest of the rain forest?
Or do we have, like, nothing to say?
Has society become so, like, totally . . .
I mean absolutely . . . You know?
That we've just gotten to the point where it's just, like . . .
whatever!"

Answer 1

The syntax used in these lines makes fun of the speaker and reader.
The syntax used in these lines has no effect on the speaker or reader.
The syntax used in these lines reflects the argument of the speaker.
The syntax used in these lines opposes the argument of the speaker.

Answer 2

i think its c

Answer 3

I Have No Idea And The Grammar Is Killing Me. I Would Say It Is A Though Because The Person Who Wrote It Might Of Just Wanted To Make The Dialect More Fun And Intresting So I Would Say A.

Answer 4

@iGreen

Answer 5

@mmmmmmmmmm123

Answer 6

i say A

Answer 7

can you explain?

Answer 8

@Frizz

Answer 9

well its restating that line...because they are making fun of them

Answer 10

I say A as well, the grammar is making fun of the speaker and the reader.

Answer 11

yeah but the poem is about how people talk like that now, should i paste it??

Answer 12

@TwilightRain1

Answer 13

The Grammar Is Killing Me But Like I Said I Would Go With A Because The Person Who Wrote It Might Of Just Wanted To Make The Dialect More Fun And Intresting So I Would Say A.

Answer 14

In case you hadn’t noticed,
it has somehow become uncool
to sound like you know what you’re talking about?
Or believe strongly in what you’re saying?
Invisible question marks and parenthetical (you know?)’s
have been attaching themselves to the ends of our sentences?
Even when those sentences aren’t, like, questions? You know?

Declarative sentences—so-­‐called
because they used to, like, DECLARE things to be true, okay,
as opposed to other things are, like, totally, you know, not—
have been infected by a totally hip
and tragically cool interrogative tone? You know?
Like, don’t think I’m uncool just because I’ve noticed this;
this is just like the word on the street, you know?
It’s like what I’ve heard?
I have nothing personally invested in my own opinions, okay?
I’m just inviting you to join me in my uncertainty?

What has happened to our conviction?
Where are the limbs out on which we once walked?
Have they been, like, chopped down
with the rest of the rain forest?
Or do we have, like, nothing to say?
Has society become so, like, totally . . .
I mean absolutely . . . You know?
That we’ve just gotten to the point where it’s just, like . . .
whatever!

And so actually our disarticulation . . . ness
is just a clever sort of . . . thing
to disguise the fact that we’ve become
the most aggressively inarticulate generation
to come along since . . .
you know, a long, long time ago!

I entreat you, I implore you, I exhort you,
I challenge you: To speak with conviction.

To say what you believe in a manner that bespeaks
the determination with which you believe it.
Because contrary to the wisdom of the bumper sticker,
it is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY.
You have to speak with it, too.

Answer 15

sorry, i have to go :/

Answer 16

you cant just input for a second?

Answer 17

noooooo, i really have to go.... i don't have time to read it

Answer 18

@Tootles143 & @inowalst can u help @georgia545 doesn't believe that it is A can one of u guys help plz