Unusual but Effective Answers

Text 3: The paragraph starts with ‘The sun was high in the sky when Nalini finally sat down to eat the first meal of the day.’ What is unusual and effective about the sentence?

• I'm not sure.

• It is unusual because one usually eats the first meal of the day before the sun is high in the sky.

• It is unusual and effective because it shows that she ate late.

• It is unusual because people usually eat their first meal in the morning, and not when the sun is high in the sky, which suggests it was already afternoon.

Text 4: What is unusual and effective about the phrase 'principled pickpockets' in the sentence?

• It is unusual and effective because it shows that they only targeted high-class victims.

• It is unusual because pickpockets are not usually considered "principled" since they do unprincipled things like steal. It is effective because it shows that they were very specific and only targeted a group of people.

• It is unusual because pickpockets are not usually considered "principled" since they do unprincipled things like steal. It is effective because it shows what good pickpockets they were.

• I'm not sure.

Text 5: What is unusual and effective about the phrase 'volunteer to exhaust ourselves' in the sentence?

• It is unusual because no one will want to willingly tire themselves out. It is effective because it shows how we constantly do things that tire ourselves out without thinking much about it.

• It is unusual because no one will want to volunteer to exhaust themselves out. It is effective because it shows how we constantly do things that tire ourselves out without thinking much about it.

• It is unusual because no one will want to volunteer to be tired.

• I don't know.