English, 24.11.2020 19:50 ignacio73

Read this passage from Through the Looking-Glass. Alice didn't know what to say to this: it wasn't at all like conversation, she thought, as he never said anything to HER; in fact, his last remark was evidently addressed to a tree—so she stood and softly repeated to herself:—

“Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall:
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King's horses and all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty in his place again.”

“That last line is much too long for the poetry,” she added, almost out loud, forgetting that Humpty Dumpty would hear her.

“Don't stand there chattering to yourself like that,” Humpty Dumpty said, looking at her for the first time, “but tell me your name and your business.”

Paraphrasing a text helps readers know if they truly understand what they have read.

Which paraphrase best demonstrates that the reader understands this passage?

Alice tells a story about horses and kings to a tree. She likes to repeat poetry.
Alice does not know how to talk to Humpty Dumpty, so she repeats the rhyme about him to herself. Humpty Dumpty responds in a bossy tone.
Humpty Dumpty falls from the wall. Alice calls the King’s men to help.
Humpty Dumpty is very grumpy. He tells Alice that the last line of poetry is much too long. Alice tells him her name.

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