Read the quote from Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique. Sometimes a woman would say “I feel empty somehow . . . incomplete.”
Or she would say, “I feel as if I don’t exist.” Sometimes she blotted out the feeling with a tranquilizer. Which best describes the connotation of “blotted” in the excerpt? It has a positive connotation, because it implies the women were able to erase the feelings of emptiness. It has a positive connotation, because it implies the emptiness was able to be replaced with happiness. It has a negative connotation, because it implies women were actually strengthening the feelings of emptiness. It has a negative connotation, because it implies women were merely temporarily lessening the feelings of emptiness.
It has a negative connotation, because it implies women were merely temporarily lessening the feelings of emptiness.
Explanation:
The phrasal verb blot out means to hide, conceal, cover or mask. Thus, according to the quote from Betty Friedan’s "The Feminine Mystique," the women would take medicinal drugs to temporarily reduce their feelings of loneliness, incompleteness and worthlessness
The anser is A.) The narrative essay would have an introduction, thesis, body, and conclusion that would help convey the meaning
Explanation:
This answer makes the most sense out of any other answer because it has a structure and the question is asking how it would be written as a formal essay and this is the structure of a formal essay. Hope this helps:)
