Question

Read the following passage from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and answer the questions that follow.
1. How does the repetition of the word GRAY affect the passage? *

A. It shows how Uncle Henry treats Dorothy with cruelty.
B. It emphasizes the dull lifelessness of the setting and the characters.
C. It emphasizes the extreme poverty that defines the setting.
D. It shows how Dorothy loses her enthusiasm for life like Aunt Em.

Answer 1

@PokemonFan40 @Mudkeepers

Answer 2

Well, we were talking about how gray the passage was. Do you have any guesses? (You can say one or two letters and we'll keep going from there.

Answer 3

I was thinking it was B or C

Answer 4

@Learner11

Answer 5

It is! Basically because, you've been hearing 'gray gray gray gray dull dull dull' in the passage repeatedly. So B even has dull in it and it tells you exactly the impression that the passage gives me. The passage does talk about the poverty, too, but it's not exactly mentioned openly. Do you have a better idea now of it being either B or C?

Answer 6

Thank you so much!