PUC-GO - 2026-2 - Questão 55

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 1813 BY JANE AUSTEN IS SET IN EARLY 19TH CENTURY ENGLAND WHERE MARRIAGE WAS OFTEN CLOSELY CONNECTED TO WEALTH AND SOCIAL EXPECTATIONS THE STORY EXPLORES THEMES SUCH AS MARRIAGE SOCIAL CLASS GENDER EXPECTATIONS AND ECONOMIC SECURITY IT FOLLOWS ELIZABETH BENNET AND HER FAMILY AS THEY NAVIGATE SOCIAL PRESSURES RELATED TO FINDING SUITABLE HUSBANDS IN THIS CONTEXT THE NARRATOR SOMETIMES ADOPTS A TONE THAT PRESENTS WIDELY ACCEPTED SOCIAL BELIEFS IN A VERY GENERAL AND AUTHORITATIVE WAY INVITING THE READER TO QUESTION THEM RATHER THAN ACCEPT THEM AT FACE VALUE READ THE FOLLOWING EXCERPT FROM PRIDE AND PREJUDICE IT IS A TRUTH UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT A SINGLE MAN IN POSSESSION OF A GOOD FORTUNE MUST BE IN WANT OF A WIFE CHAPTER I EMERGENCYSTRETCH 2EM AUSTEN JANE PRIDE AND PREJUDICE S L WIKISOURCE 20 UNPAGINATED AVAILABLE AT URL HTTPS EN WIKISOURCE ORG WIKI PAGE JANE AUSTEN PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 1ST ED 1813 VOL 1 PDF 8 ACCESSED ON JAN 23 2026 CHOOSE THE ALTERNATIVE THAT BEST DESCRIBES THE RHETORICAL EFFECT AND COMMUNICATIVE PURPOSE OF THIS SENTENCE BEGIN ENUMERATE LABEL ALPH LEFTMARGIN ITEMSEP 0 5EM ITEM A LITERAL AND OBJECTIVE STATEMENT THAT SINCERELY AFFIRMS A SOCIAL TRUTH REINFORCING TRADITIONAL BELIEFS ABOUT MARRIAGE WITHOUT QUESTIONING THEM ITEM AN EXAMPLE OF POETIC IMAGERY USING FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE TO ROMANTICIZE SOCIAL EXPECTATIONS AND REINFORCE TRADITIONAL IDEALS OF LOVE AND MARRIAGE ITEM A FORMAL NORMATIVE ASSERTION RESEMBLING A LEGAL OR MORAL PRINCIPLE WHOSE FUNCTION IS TO PRESCRIBE ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR WITHIN THE SOCIAL HIERARCHY PORTRAYED IN THE NOVEL ITEM AN EXAMPLE OF NARRATIVE IRONY IN WHICH THE NARRATOR PRESENTS AN APPARENTLY UNIVERSAL TRUTH THAT THE READER IS GRADUALLY LED TO QUESTION REVEALING A CRITICAL STANCE TOWARD SOCIAL CONVENTIONS SURROUNDING MARRIAGE AND WEALTH END ENUMERATE