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What role can paradox play in a literary text? Select the two correct answers. (1 point)
• Paradoxes may create a sense of stability and certainty in a literary text.
• A paradox can explain a character's motivations.
• A paradox may represent a problem that readers expect to be resolved.
• A paradox can keep readers engaged in the plot of the literary text.
• Paradoxes leave readers feeling like the story is unresolved.
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- A paradox may represent a problem that readers expect to be resolved.
- A paradox can keep readers engaged in the plot of the literary text.
Brief explanation: paradoxes introduce apparent contradictions or puzzles that provoke curiosity and create narrative tension; readers often look for how the author will reconcile or illuminate the contradiction, which sustains engagement.
- A paradox may represent a problem that readers expect to be resolved.
- A paradox can keep readers engaged in the plot of the literary text.
Brief explanation: paradoxes introduce apparent contradictions or puzzles that provoke curiosity and create narrative tension; readers often look for how the author will reconcile or illuminate the contradiction, which sustains engagement.
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