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Which of the following revisions more accurately portray the writer's use of sarcasm in sentence 11?


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Okay sy reading shoppers let's just jump into the next

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question so we don't have to skin that's Awesome writing

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by shakespeare again Yeah it's fine in contacts Which of

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the following revisions more accurately portray the writers use of

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sarcasm like we just did right there in sentence eleven

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reproduced below Okay so here's sentence eleven right here The

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gourmet lunch options that our cafeteria claims to currently have

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do not incite student interest Shit Hey not awesome grammar

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there but we'll think about this and we're going to

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skim the answer's here I'm easily lumps of lettuce Or

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what is that where that come from Currently the garment

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login and claim new insights And we'll know that the

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opposite gourmet lunch options would be better served Prison inmates

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Okay Uh gourmet longtime cafeteria coming All right well let's

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think about this Mastering sarcasm is not a skill learned

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overnight We hear it's mob seem to think that's how

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it happens Apparently there's a way to use sarcasm as

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a rider without getting in trouble for running your mouth

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off And that's what this questions asking to do simply

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placing quotes around gourmet lunch tells the reader that while

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the office out of what is written is what is

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meant like it's not gourmet it's just lunch that's the

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definition of sarcasm right there so it's d right there

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that's the answer Well it seemed loser ball while creating

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more detail or sensory images is a great idea for

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revision but not when the goal is to use sarcasm

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as persuasive tactic so get rid of a also personification

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spruces up in essay like gourmet lunches really can't claim

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to do things like they're not human beings or pets

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who talk but isn't the same a sarcasm so get

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rid of b writing with a harsh tone is where

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writer might get herself into trouble Yeah what may seem

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sarcastic often comes out of off color or just mean

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like you're a mean girl right in this you know

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it would be bad but we wouldn't recommend telling it

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like it is for this type of reason We're only

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trying to be nice in this country Step up get

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in line there's a participation trophy ready for everybody Help

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yourself Good job everyone's a winner You see the sarcasm 00:02:06.73 --> [endTime] there Yeah all right we're smoked

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