Answer:
A. mutt
Explanation:
To use a word denotatively implies to use the word in its literal sense. The literal meaning of a word is its denotative meaning.
A mutt literally means a dog, the meaning of the rest of the sentence also agrees with the writers use of word 'mutt'.
Hence the word was used denotatively.
16-17 antonyms 18-19 synonym 20 antonyms
Tobacco can be used in several ways according to its presentation: inhaled (cigarette, cigar, straw cigarette); snuff; chewed (coil smoke), but in all its forms it is harmful to health. The toxic substances act on the most diverse systems and organs, contain more than 60 carcinogens.
Smoking causes about 50 different diseases, mainly cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, heart attack, angina, and stroke. It is responsible for many deaths from lung, mouth, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, kidney and bladder cancer and obstructive respiratory diseases such as chronic bronchitis and pulmonary emphysema. Tobacco lowers the body's defenses and thus the smoker tends to increase the incidence of acquiring diseases such as influenza and tuberculosis. Tobacco also causes sexual impotence.
I would have actually written it this way
"Hellen arrived unannounced when the house was a mess, and we weren't ready for visitors."
But, I guess, the closest answer to this one would be the last option. :)
Hope this helps.
