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Read the excerpt from "The Crab That Played with the Sea.” He went North, Best Beloved, and he found All-the-Elephant-there-was digging with his tusks and stamping with his feet in the nice new clean earth that had been made ready for him. ‘Kun?’ said All-the-Elephant-there-was, meaning, ‘Is this right?’ ‘Payah kun,’ said the Eldest Magician, meaning, ‘That is quite right’; and he breathed upon the great rocks and lumps of earth that All-the-Elephant-there-was had thrown up, and they became the great Himalayan Mountains, and you can look them out on the map. He went East, and he found All-the-Cow-there-was feeding in the field that had been made ready for her, and she licked her tongue round a whole forest at a time, and swallowed it and sat down to chew her cud. ‘Kun?’ said All-the-Cow-there-was. ‘Payah kun,’ said the Eldest Magician; and he breathed upon the bare patch where she had eaten, and upon the place where she had sat down, and one became the great Indian Desert, and the other became the Desert of Sahara, and you can look them out on the map. Which details from the excerpt best support the conclusion that the narrator is speaking directly to a child? Select two options. the expression "Best Beloved" the terms "kun" and "payah kun" the repetition of words and patterns the clause "you can look them out on the map" the description of how geographical features were made Mark this and return

Answer 1

The options are:

The repetition of words and patterns: this is because the children need reptition to understand something and then learn it. The reptitions are commonly used in stories for children since this can help them to understand better what the story is about.

The description of how geographical features were made: the excerpt make reference to how the geographical features were created, but not based on scientific data or facts, but in leyends and oral traditions. This help the children to stimulate their imagination and captivate them trough the story.

Answer 2

The story is a Creation story that explains how a divine being made the animals on the earth along with his daughter. The details from the text that shows that the narrator was speaking to a child are;

• The expression "Best Beloved"

• The repetition of words and patterns

When talking to children, it is not unusual to use expressions of love to refer to them. So, the use of the expression, "Best Beloved" showed that the author was referring to a child.

Also, when talking to children, repetition for emphasis can be used to remind and stress important words to them so that they do not forget.

Therefore, options A and C show that the was narrator speaking to a child.

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