I think its Puppet i hope its right please forgive me if it isnt.
The central idea of the paragraph in this exceprt the author adopts is that her parents barely dealt with the circumstances of living under a dictatorship despite the humiliating tributes done by Trujillo they unwillingly made part of, so the best idea is the last option "<em>The author’s parents tried to get by in the dictatorship, but felt humiliated by the tributes they were forced to participate in."</em> As expressed in the passage, the author's parents tried to keep a low profile to avoid detection from police, but having a handful of daughters made it difficult, and they could not take any risks but to accede to stand the dictatorship.
Answer:
1. Encyclopedia.
2. Online search engine.
3. Dictionary.
4. Thesaurus.
Explanation:
1. <u>Encyclopedia</u>: a collection of informative articles typically arranged in an alphabetical order about a wide variety of topics from around the world. It is also referred to as Encyclopedia Britannica and could either be in form of a book or an online (electronic) database.
2. <u>Online search engine</u>: information stored in databases and on sites. It's an internet resource or service that searches for keywords or categories specified by the end user and then displays (shows) a list of website which matches or have informations similar to the query. Some examples of popular search engines are Goo-gle, Bing, Yahoo, etc.
3. <u>Dictionary</u>: a book or electronic resource that comprises of definitions, pronunciation, and spelling of words that are often arranged in an alphabetical order. Also, it provides an example on the usage of a word.
4. <u>Thesaurus</u>: words with similar meaning listed together. It's simply a type of book that lists words having similar meanings (synonyms) together and words that have opposite meanings (antonyms). The word "thesaurus" was derived from Greek and it means treasure.