Question #6429671Single Choice

AP English Language

Question

Read the sentences and answer the question. 

I gave the most difficult task to Yandy because she is the most stubborn person I know. I gave the most difficult task to Yandy because she is the most persistent person I know. How does the connotation of the word persistent in the second sentence convey the author’s purpose?

Options

A
    It implies an increasingly negative characteristic.
B
    It implies a playfully irresponsible characteristic.
C
    It implies a careless characteristic.
D
    It implies a positive characteristic.

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