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Setting Goals: Evaluating a Speech by Randy Pausch

Question 7 • WI-English Language Arts 8 A

Read the excerpt from Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.I am in phenomenally good health right now. . . . In fact, I am in better shape than most of you.

Answer
A
He wants to prove that he is beating his cancer.
B
He wants them to take better care of themselves.
C
He wants them to better understand his current condition.
D
He wants to express concern for those who also have an illness.

Explanation

Pausch is describing how he feels physically at that moment: he says he is in excellent health and even in better shape than most of the audience. This helps them understand his current condition, despite his serious diagnosis. He is not claiming that he has beaten the cancer.

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