Question

The day of the audition, Lily woke up early and walked downstairs to join her mother and Kip in the kitchen. She sat down to a healthy breakfast and Kip asked her, "So, are you nervous for today?" "Not really, Kip," she said. "It is really no big deal because I have auditioned a million other times," she said, swallowing the truth that she was, in fact, terrified. How does the author's inclusion of this excerpt contribute to the text?

Answer 1

B) It shows that Lily is too proud to admit to her brother that she is afraid.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the above excerpt, the author shows that Lily who was going to audition seemed terrified and nervous for her audition. However, when she was asked if she was nervous for the audition by her brother, she acted like it didn't bother her much.

This shows that Lily is too proud to admit to her brother that she is afraid. Her outright reply that it was not a big deal for her portrays how proud she is and also how she didn't want to let her brother know that she was in fact nervous and terrified inside.