Answer: "clumsy and awkward" are contrast clues
Explanation: provide the opposite meaning of the word "lithe" hinting at the true meaning of the word "lithe."
Last one I believe is the correct answer :)
Answer:
Among the options given on the question the correct answer is option C.
The reference to “pennies” reveals the historical context of the story.
Explanation: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a novel by Betty Smith which was published in 1943 during the world war II. The story was based on an impoverished but aspirational girl and her family in the Williamsburg,Brooklyn. However in the excerpt the reference to pennies reveals the historical context of the story. Because the penny remarks the time of the incident based on the story. Referencing to the penny readers can imagine the time and place of the story.
Other options in the question is not regarding the historical context of the story. They are the settings of the writer's view.
So the pennies refer to the historical context.
The assumption made by the narrator in the excerpt given is that his mom will trust him.
<h3 /><h3>What does the narrator think?</h3>
The narrator did not want to go to school and so lied to their mother about being sick.
They believed that their mother would trust them and believe that they were indeed sick.
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