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KATHERINE: [Entering excitedly.] Here I am! Sorry to be late—is there an extra sign?
29 EMMALINE: [Hands her a sign.] Where have you been?
30 KATHERINE: I met the train at the station. Our state senator was on it, coming home for the weekend. I talked to him about a woman’s right to vote while he waited for the porter to get his luggage. He seemed interested in our cause.
31 BELLE: [Gives Katherine a quick hug and a sign.] How exciting! I’m so proud of you, Katherine! That was a brave thing to do.
32 KATHERINE: Well, we didn’t go to the capital, but the capital came to us!
33 [The women laugh and continue marching. The lights fade, leaving just one spotlight on Katherine, upstage left.]
34 KATHERINE: And so ends our little local protest. How brave they are, my friends in the league: brave, smart, funny, and all very dear to me. I love them all—but alas, I am not sure they see the big picture. If we want to change things nationally, we need to act on a large scale. [She begins pacing the stage.] Sadly, that’s exactly the reason there is no way to act alone. My conversation with our senator was wonderful—but I doubt women will have the right to vote any time soon. It’s likelier that people will fly to the moon or that a woman will serve as a soldier!Review paragraph 34 of the selection. Drag the option that correctly identifies the type of speech in the paragraph into the “Type of Speech” box. Drag the option that correctly identifies the purpose of the speech into the “Purpose” box.
Type of Speech: dialogue Type of Speech: soliloquy Purpose: to help readers sympathize with Katherine Purpose: to show Katherine’s interaction with other characters Purpose: to share Katherine’s inner thoughts directly with the audience Purpose: to share Katherine’s thoughts and feelings with other characters
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Type of Speech: soliloquy

Purpose: to share Katherine’s inner thoughts directly with the audience

Reason: She’s alone in a spotlight, reflecting aloud about the movement’s limits and her doubts, which is characteristic of a soliloquy.