The context from the excerpt that helps the reader determine that the speaker is being sarcastic is: He has asked the girl several times where she’s from and she doesn’t answer. This highlights the speaker's frustration and his sarcastic comment about her being a "very good conversationalist," given her lack of willingness to engage in the conversation.
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“Where you girls from?” I asked her. She didn’t answer me, though. She was busy looking around for old Peter Lorre to show up, I guess.“Where you girls from?” I asked her again.“What?” she said.“Where you girls from? Don’t answer if you don’t feel like it. I don’t want you to strain yourself.”“Seattle, Washington,” she said. She was doing me a big favor to tell me.“You’re a very good conversationalist,” I told her. “You know that?”
What context from the excerpt helps the reader determine that the speaker is being sarcastic?(1 point)Responses
The girl feels isolated because she is from out of town.
The girl feels isolated because she is from out of town.
They’re in a room where there are other people, and the speaker is trying to get her attention.
They’re in a room where there are other people, and the speaker is trying to get her attention.
He has asked the girl several times where she’s from and she doesn’t answer.
He has asked the girl several times where she’s from and she doesn’t answer.
The girl is from out of town and doesn’t know the speaker well.
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