1. <span>The children were cold and had not eaten.
2. </span><span>To figure out the hidden meaning of a text
3. </span><span>The obvious meaning
4. </span><span>The hidden meaning
5. The explicit meaning is that the animal shelter is crowded with cats. The implicit meaning is that the animalshelter is small</span>
Answer: His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness
Conflict because it just makes sense
A. <span>Christine ran slower than her sister.
<em>Slower </em> is comparing Christine's speed to the speed of her sister.
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