Question

In this excerpt from "Totally like whatever, you know?" elongated hyphens are most likely used for what purpose? (4 points)

"Declarative sentences-so--called
because they used to, like, DECLARE things to be true, okay,
as opposed to other things are, like, totally, you know, not-
have been infected by a totally hip
and tragically cool interrogative tone?"

Select one:

a. To demonstrate uncertainty about the normal flow of ideas
b. To indicate an approval of the normal flow of ideas
c. To interrupt the pattern of speaking in the normal flow of ideas
d. To create a unusually normal fl

Answer 1

The correct answer among the choices provided is option C. Elongated hyphens are most likely used to interrupt the pattern of speaking in the normal flow of ideas. This type of hyphen is also called an em dash. It can also be used to indicate missing letters in a word.