Respuesta :
The correct answer to which repeated word in the first paragraph is an intensifier, emphasizing the fact that the story is more fiction than fact is B. Mainly.
When the author says that "he told the truth, mainly" and "but mainly he told the truth", repeating not only the word "mainly" but also the entire sentence, it can be inferred that not everything told in the book is the truth. "Mainly" is a word that doesn't respond to what specifically wouldn't be true in the story; the reader just knows that something is fiction. It is almost like an ironic statement, because "mainly the truth" is not the truth, although it seems like he is trying to make the reader believe him. When the author repeats the word, it is almost like a reminder that the book doesn't tell the truth entirely, and, therefore, is a fiction. That is why the correct answer would be B. Mainly.
The correct answer wouldn't be A. Ain't, because the author doesn't repeat the word "ain't" in this paragraph.
The correct answer wouldn't be C. Matter, because, just like option A, the word "matter" is not repeated in this paragraph.
The correct answer wouldn't be D. Without, because, although this word is repeated in the paragraph, it isn't related to the fact that the story would be a fiction or not. It appears in the sentence "You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of the Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "I never seen anybody but lied one time or another, without it was aunt Polly, or the widow (...)". In the first sentence the author is referring to how the reader must know him, by having read the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and that without having done that, there would be no other way. In the second sentence, the author is referring to a character also known from his other work mentioned. Therefore, the answer D. Without couldn't be the correct one.
