Read this excerpt from "If Anne Frank Only Knew."

These youngsters parrot the words of North Korea's deputy minister of education, who uses Anne's diary to teach students that North Korea's top priority is to build a stronger military to defeat the Americans.

How does the author's use of the word parrot affect the passage?

It shifts the passage's tone from disdainful to arrogant.

It highlights the way the children have been brainwashed.

It stresses the passage's hopeful tone.

It adds humor to the passage.