Read the excerpt from On the Road.One day I was hanging around the campus and Chad and Tim Gray told me Dean was staying in a cold-water pad in East Harlem, the Spanish Harlem. Dean had arrived the night before, the first time in New York, with his beautiful little sharp chick Marylou; they got off the Greyhound bus at 50th Street and cut around the corner looking for a place to eat and went right in Hector’s, and since then Hector’s cafeteria has always been a big symbol of New York for Dean.Which statement best describes how Kerouac’s use of syntax contributes to his writing style?
Answer
A
Kerouac’s use of syntax gives his writing the intellectual quality of formal academic discourse.
B
Kerouac’s use of syntax gives his writing the journalistic tone of a newspaper article.
C
Kerouac’s use of syntax gives his writing the natural ease and flow of informal conversation.
D
Kerouac’s use of syntax gives his writing the discipline and complexity of traditional literature.
Explanation
The excerpt strings together events in a long, loosely connected sentence, using everyday phrases such as “hanging around,” “cut around the corner,” and “went right in.” This makes the narration sound spontaneous and conversational rather than carefully structured or formal. The best choice is that Kerouac’s syntax gives his writing the natural ease and flow of informal conversation.
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