Question

Read the paragraph. Max _______ the book of poetry aside. Even though he had read it twice, the poems made little sense to him. Why couldn’t people just say what they meant, without resorting to flowery language and loopy sentences? He rubbed his eyes, gave himself a minute to calm down, and then found the book, where it had landed underneath the bed. “OK, third time’s the charm,” he said as he started reading again. What verb best completes the sentence? flung hurled tossed threw

Answer 1

Answer:

flung

Explanation:

I think this is the correct answer because the definition of fling emphasizes the way an object is thrown, that is, carelessly. By reading the paragraph we can realize the Max is frustrated because he can't understand poetry, although he seems a little angry he is not furious. If the paragraph suggested Max was really angry the word hurled might been used. We can see the book was not thrown in with a lot of force because the author uses the word aside, the book landed near Max.

Answer 2

Hurled. Max was clearly frustrated about the book because he felt that there should be fewer words to explain the same thing that was being portrayed in the book. As he was trying to comprehend what he was reading, he became upset and hurled the book which landed under his bed. Max found the book after calming himself down and regaining his composure and continued reading even though this was his 3rd time reading this book.