Which sentence might be used to depict the voice of a young character?

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Which sentence effectively captures the voice of a young character?

We ran across the parking lot, eager to jump into our parents' cars and leave school. 
We rushed as a herd across the empty parking lot, bursting with excitement to escape the dreaded school building. 
We dashed to the cars and jumped inside because we disliked school. 
We felt relieved to finally be leaving school after a long day of testing.

Which of these options resonates most with the voice of a young character?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Young people usually express themselves in a vague and short way. Morever, young people make use of informal vocabulary when they speak; words like "eager", and expressions like "bursting with excitement" or "a long day of testing" are ways of speaking in a formal way that are not common among young people. Therefore, option C: We ran ro the cars and jumped in because we hated school might be used to depict the voice of a young character because it is shorter and informal.

Ms. Estel Rempel V · Answer

We ran to the cars and jumped in because we hated school.Explanation:Considering the narrative voice, it is easy to assume that young people will not have any need to further elaborate on what or how they may like to say things. For them, they will just say things straightforward and without any other 'unnecessary' figurative languages. With that in mind, the use of the expressions such as "eager", "as a herd", "excitement", "dreaded", "long day of testing" etc will all be useless for a young child. He would rather just get to the point and say things , even if bluntly. So, the sentence that is most likely to depict the voice of a young character is the third option.

Genoveva Schowalter · Answer

The answer to your question would be that the sentence that can be used to depict the voice of a young character is the following one: We ran the cars and jumped in because we hated school. I believe that this is the correct answer because of the word choices selected by the speaker. The verbs used are simple verbs of momevent (ran) or phrasal verbs (jumped in). Consequently, the tone is very informal, as opposed to the other sentences which make use of formal word choices adding a lot of description to the passage (eager to jump in our parents' cars, empty parking lot, bursting with excitement, dreaded school, glad to finally be leaving school).

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Which sentence might be used to depict the voice of a young character?

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