<p>Roberta disliked this new weather forecaster, whose delivery, speaking of the terrible weather, tilted alternately toward the jaunty and the grave. he moved before his cartoon maps, trailing, through some technical chicanery, jet streams and storm fronts from his fingers. rough sailing, he said. pioneer spirit. we may be down, oregon, but we’re not out. he was fit and handsome and winning and would have made a fine game show host, roberta htought–al l that easy diarming, fraudulent charm. trust me, he invited you. you’ll enjoy it.</p>
<p>the author of passage 2 would most likely view the oberservation in ("he said. pioneer spirit. we may be down, oregon, but we’re not out. he was fit and handsome and winning and would have made a fine game show host, roberta htought–al l that easy diarming, fraudulent charm.) as…</p>
<p>(a) troubling, because it indiciates a real disrespect for weather forecasters
(c) unsurprising, before weather forescasters are generally not that different from other telivison personalities</p>
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<li><p>In the context, is (disarming, fraudulent charm) a negative remark, or just a remark that likens the new forecaster to a “game show host”</p></li>
<li><p>The remarks in passage 1 are only directed towards the new weather forecasters. Is this why choice “a” is wrong?: passage 1 does not mention multiple weather forecasters, only a single forecaster.</p></li>
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<li>the remark isn’t negative in the sense of disrespect. it was simply used in observation to compare game show hosts and weather forecasters</li>
<li>the observation in the quotes you typed out doesn’t indicate a disrespect for weather forecasters. the only thing i can see that would make you think that is the “fraudulent charm” part, but the person is making that observation simply to convince Roberta to take the invitation well (?). it might be negative or discourteous in general but it isn’t in this case because the person is likening it to a game show (which are fun despite what the host thinks of you off tv)</li>
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<li><p>“fraudulent” means deceitful/ dishonest. I thought it would convey negativity.</p></li>
<li><p>It seems like your mixed up on who wrote which passage.
this is written by author of passage 1:
Roberta disliked this new weather forecaster, whose delivery, speaking of the terrible weather, tilted alternately toward the jaunty and the grave. he moved before his cartoon maps, trailing, through some technical chicanery, jet streams and storm fronts from his fingers. rough sailing, he said. pioneer spirit. we may be down, oregon, but we’re not out. he was fit and handsome and winning and would have made a fine game show host, roberta htought–al l that easy diarming, fraudulent charm. trust me, he invited you. you’ll enjoy it.</p></li>
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<p>the question is from the standpoint concerning author of passage 2.</p>
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<li><p>fraudulent is a negative word in and of itself, but it’s not being used by the author in context to disrespect something or someone. he or she is merely using it to describe a trait that marks a “fine game show host” that the weather forecaster has. the author seemingly wants you to put 2 and 2 together and see the comparison, but with no disrespect that author 2 could pick up on as in answer A. </p></li>
<li><p>my previous answer was from the standpoint of author 2. this means that is what author 2 thinks</p></li>
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