You can use the clues "It only gets worse" and "the purpose of holidays" to infer the definition of the word.
Also, the prefix "de" means "do the opposite of", and "construct" means, to put something together, or build it up.
So you can infer that "deconstruct" means to take apart or break.
Hope this wasn't too confusing, comment the correct answer.
The correct answer is B. The bear is peaceful because the author uses connotative words like wandered and occasionally which gives the sentence a light-hearted and peaceful tone.
The correct answer is B. she litters
The author here is using the literaty device irony, since the outcome of decorating would be assumed to ave a great reaction, yet Melissa was dissapointed
