Elaine read the passage about roald dahl and claimed to her classmates that mr. dahl enjoyed a close relationship with his family. which is least likely to be used by elaine as textual evidence to support her response? a) as a child, he was very close to his mother and his grandmother. b) his mom liked to make up stories about imaginary beasts and tell them to her children. c) researchers say that roald dahl is one of the most famous children’s writers of all time. d) roald began to author children’s books after telling stories to his young daughters at bedtime.

answer: c) researchers say that roald dahl is one of the most famous children’s writers of all time.

roald dahl was a welsh novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter and pilot. he is particularly famous for his works for children, such as james and the giant peach, matilda, the witches, fantastic mr. fox and charlie and the chocolate factory.

out of these options, c is the one that supports the claim of dahl being close to his family the least. option a states that he was close to his mother and grandmother. option b states that his mom used to tell him stories. option d says that dahl told his daughters bedtime stories. however, option c does not talk about dahl's family at all.

most likely the answer would be a.) cupidity

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cupidity - greed for money or possessions

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patho -   relating to disease