The denotative meaning of peculiar is "belonging to one person." The connotative meaning of this word kind of has a negative feeling. In the second sentence,<span> the connotative meaning is slightly more positive than the first statement, although it still seems a bit negative. I think that connotative meanings help establish a meaningful tone in any text because they give </span>of<span> the feeling of if they are negative or positive which in turn helps the readers understand the tone of the overall story. </span>
The theme that is developed in the excerpt and repeated later in the story is A. Hiding one's true self to conform and to fit in often leads to unhappiness.
The detail from the text that supports the answer provided is "Sure, I can function on the same level as everybody else, I can hold myself down, but it isn’t me".
The theme of a story refers to the underlying meaning of a story. The theme is the message that the writer wants to convey in the story.
In the story "A wrinkle in Time", the theme developed was that hiding one's true self to conform and to fit in often leads to unhappiness. Calvin was explaining to Meg how he couldn't hold himself down and how this could lead him to <em>unhappiness.</em>
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Answer:
A. Dissatisfied
Explanation:
It’s what made sense as well as D. Unhappy
