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Which example from "the killers in our midst" demonstrates the most informal style?A. the speaker spends time on tangents about unrelated material or goes off topic
B. the speaker uses several visual aids that are irrelevant to the speech
C. the speaker quotes information from a source that is not considered trustworthy or reliable.
D. the speaker laughs several times talking about incidents when people have been stung.

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Answer 1
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The right answer is D” the speaker laughs several times talking about incidents when people have been stung.” The informal style is when you use colloquial language in your speech. Usually it is more direct than formal style and it is characterized by abbreviations, short sentences, ellipses or contractions. It also does not contain harsh grammatical sentences.  
Answer 2
Answer:  C.The speaker is too casual when mentioning the steps you should take to avoid a bee attack.

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Dialogue is important in a story for two reasons. Which of the following is one of the reasons?

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I believe it would be something to do character personality details.

Answer:

It reveals character personality details.

Explanation:

In "Run, Kate Shelley, Run," why did Kate Shelley's mother try to keep her from leaving home the night the Number 11 train crashed? A. She needed Kate's help at home, where there were problems, as well.

B.
She did not know that the Number 11 train had crashed.

C.
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D.
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The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "A. She needed Kate's help at home, where there were problems, as well." In "Run, Kate Shelley, Run," Kate Shelley's mother try to keep her from leaving home the night the Number 11 train crashed because she needed Kate's help at home, where there were problems, as well.

1. Why do the sorceresses agree to kill Sunjata? (1 point)Sunjata declined his father's cows.
Sunjata had befriended Jelimusoni Tunku Manyan Diawara.
Dankaran Tuman's offer was better than Sunjata's.
Dankaran Tuman had promised them a bull.
2. Why do the sorceresses agree to Sunjata's offer? (1 point)
They like him better than Dankaran Tuman.
Their real desire was for meat.
They prefer antelope to bull meat.
Sunjata was the son of a Condé woman

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Answer:

1. Dankaran Tuman had promised them a bull.

2. Their real desire was for meat.

Explanation:

The West African story of "Sunjata" tells how a deformed and ugly prince became the rightful successor of his father's kingdom. Sunjata, a prince of Mandinka was exiled by his step brother, taking the kingdom for himself after the death of their father. This story revolves around the birth and life of the prince till his victory in attaining his rightful ownership of the kingdom.

1. The sorceresses were hired by the evil prince Dankaran Tuman to kill Sunjata. He promised them that he will give them a bull in exchange for the life of his step brother, who had been made the rightful heir of the kingdom by their father before his death. So, to make sure that he himself gets the kingdom, he wanted the sorceresses to kill his brother.

2. The sorceresses agreed to Sunjata's offer of three antelopes as their main desire was to attain meat and three antelopes means more meat than a single bull.

The correct answers are as follows:

  • The sorceresses agree to kill Sunjata because Dankaran Tuman had promised them a bull.
  • The sorceresses agree to Sunjata's offer because their real desire was for meat

Further Explanation

Question 1

Price Dankaran Tuman hired the sorceresses and promised them a bull if they succeeded in killing Sunjata. According to the story,  Sunjata was prince Dankaran's stepbrother who was supposed to rule the kingdom after the death of their father. Prince Dankaran Tuman was not happy with their father’s decision and therefore conspired with his mother and contacted the sorceresses to kill his stepbrother. He promise to offer them a bull if they could succeed in killing Sunjata. Prince Dankaran wanted to kill his stepbrother to become the ruler of the kingdom after their father’s death.

Question 2:

The sorceresses agree to Sunjata's offer because their real desire was for meat. The sorceresses agree to kill Sunjata in exchange for three antelopes because their main desire was for meat.

Sunjata is a poem that narrates how a prince attains the throne of his father’s kingdom even though his stepbrother (Sunjata) was the rightful heir to their father’s kingdom. The story was epic and also tells how Sunjata was able to reclaim the throne from his brother (prince Dankaran Tuman)

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