The judges themselves said it was the worst performance they had ever seen.

Read the sentence.

Why does the author use the word “themselves” in this sentence?

to give emphasis to the meaning of the sentence
to change the way the sentence is read
to give humor to the meaning of the sentence
to change the meaning of the sentence

To give emphasis to the meaning of the sentence

Explanation:

Read it aloud, "The judges themselves said it was the worst performance they had ever seen." Another way to emphasis this would be to say "Even the judges said it was the worst performance they had even seen", or, "Even the judges themselves said it was the worst performance they had ever seen"

These types of questions tend to trick you, so take my answer with a grain of salt and trust your gut! What has the rest of your unit/education shared? Have they been teaching you emphasis? Have they been teaching you how to read humor within text? Are you focusing on "change" in text? Good luck!

situational archetype describes the adventures of hero. the examples of situational archetypes are the quest, good vs evil, the task which represent respectively search, good forces, characters vs the evil ones and a certain job that must be done. from the given options, we cannot observe the subplot the beauty and the beast which is a correct answer for this question.