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.