AP English Literature and Composition Quiz
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LONGER FICTION OR DRAMA
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In the following original drama excerpt, perspective is shaped by overlapping dialogue and a moment where only the audience receives a clarifying line.
DRAMA EXCERPT:
A crowded family dining room. A long table. Plates clatter. Voices overlap.
MOM: Eat while it's hot.
UNCLE: I'm telling you, the market—
COUSIN: Did you see what she posted?
DAD: Not at the table.
[Overlapping chatter continues; key phrases are audible: "promotion," "rent," "hospital," "who said that?"]
AVA sits at the end, quiet. She lifts her fork, then sets it down.
AVA (to the audience, aside): They call this noise 'together.' I call it 'nowhere to put a sentence.'
MOM (to AVA, suddenly): Why aren't you eating?
Question: The function of AVA's aside amid the overlapping dialogue is primarily to
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