The correct answer is (A).
Getting to the Answer: When asked about the function of a phrase, look a few lines before and after to get a sense of what the author is trying to convey to the reader. Here the narrator is describing talking in a way that she is not used to by forcing her father to listen. Thus, the correct answer will describe the opposite of this way of speaking.
(A) Correct: the opposite of forcing someone to listen is normally described as being "respectful" in tone
(B) Incorrect: the narrator is showing a rebellious tone in lines 1?5, so if this was her usual behavior, she and her father wouldn?t be surprised by it
(C) Incorrect: although the narrator is asserting herself to her father, she normally does not speak in this way
(D) Incorrect: although the narrator is showing emotion, she does not normally speak in this fashion
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