1. How To Answer A Question on the Significance/Effectiveness of A Line of Text or Word

2. This question does not mean the “meaning” or “importance” of the line.
Rather , it can mean one or more of the following:
To determine the significance of a line, ask yourself: Does the the line….
Reveal character
Reveal conflict
Reveal theme
Advance the plot ( climax or a turning point)
Contain a literary device (irony, a figure of speech- for example: metaphor , similie , personification)
Contain a sound device ( onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, consonance)