If you are doing the k12 test, your answer would be "Doing Poorly"
The test question:
What is the connotative meaning of the word stupid as used in this sentence from "An Hour with Abuelo"?
I'm going stupid in some of my classes, and Mr. Williams, the principal at Central, said that if I passed some reading tests, he'd let me move up.
doing poorly
acting foolish
lacking intelligence
losing interest
Answer: Isn't that manipulation? Or is he jealous?
Explanation:
I mean, it says he gets angry so, if it continues it could be really bad for Marquise. I think Jaiden Animations made a video about this?
I think evidence or appeal
D, there's nothing to change. Taking anything away would cause the sentence to be a fragment.