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Question 10 • CA-Common Core English Language Arts 11 B-CR

Read the excerpt from Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms.“Tenente,” Passini said. “We understand you let us talk. Listen. There is nothing as bad as war. We in the auto-ambulance cannot even realize at all how bad it is. When people realize how bad it is they cannot do anything to stop it because they go crazy. There are some people who never realize. There are people who are afraid of their officers. It is with them the war is made.”In typical Hemingway style, the excerpt

Answer
A
contains a number of abstract nouns and many adjectives.
B
contains a large amount of punctuation and few adjectives and adverbs.
C
contains many strong nouns and adjectives but few verbs and adverbs.
D
contains few adjectives and adverbs but many strong verbs and concrete nouns.

Explanation

Hemingway’s style often uses plain, direct language with few descriptive modifiers. In this excerpt, words such as “realize,” “stop,” “go,” and “made” are active verbs, while “people,” “officers,” and “auto-ambulance” name concrete things. That fits “few adjectives and adverbs but many strong verbs and concrete nouns.”

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