<em>Explanation:</em>
1. Merci is furious and does not understand why her father does not react with anger to what happened, Merci does not understand her father's calm attitude. On the other hand, Roli can understand what his father's reaction is due to, that is why he does not get upset with his father but continues to paint as if nothing had happened.
2.Perhaps Roli, because he was older than Merci, could quickly understand that his father's reaction to what happened was the best he could make "seem invisible", that is, not say or do anything, otherwise it could affect the enrollment of his children.This story teaches us a reality that is seen today, disadvantaged people with low resources on many occasions have to endure unfair situations in order to achieve their goals.
Answer:
Sensitive
Explanation:
As indicated in the excerpt, Valerie was a strong-willed woman who stood her ground on matters. So, it was a bit surprising when she became teary as a result of Steven's words. She became sensitive or delicate instead of tough and unmoved which was how she was normally known to be.
A sensitive person easily responds to other's actions. In other words, they are delicate. That was the same attitude portrayed by Valerie in this excerpt.
Answer: C. The emotional associations of a word.
A connotation refers to the emotional associations of a word. A connotation tends to be labelled as "positive" or "negative" depending on the feelings it creates in the mind of the listener. A connotation is additional to the word's literal meaning, which is known as denotation.
Answer:
We can reinterpret the opening sentence, because we know that this was the moment when the narrator recognized that he could be spared some things if he acted the way they expected him to act, even if he was lying. This can be ironically reinterpreted, showing that his moment of salvation was actually the moment of perdition and imprisonment.
Explanation:
After reading the text, we can see that the author did not really want to be saved, but was doing what his aunt wanted, to avoid problems for himself. He was not accepting God in a true way in his life, but by keeping and doing what was expected. At that time, the author knew the power of dishonesty and childish corruption, making it an unsaved, but impure, figure.
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