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Furkat [3]
3 years ago
5

Read the excerpt from The War of the Worlds. A large portion of the cylinder had been uncovered, though its lower end was still

embedded. As soon as Ogilvy saw me among the staring crowd on the edge of the pit he called to me to come down, and asked me if I would mind going over to see Lord Hilton, the lord of the manor. The growing crowd, he said, was becoming a serious impediment to their excavations, especially the boys. Which context clues effectively help indicate the meaning of the word excavations as it is used in the excerpt
English
1 answer:
Semenov [28]3 years ago
6 0

This question is missing the answer choices. I have found them online; they are the following:

(Select all that apply)

edge of the pit

among the staring crowd

had been uncovered

was still embedded

Answer:

The context clues which effectively indicate the meaning of "excavations" are:

edge of the pit

had been uncovered

was still embedded

Explanation:

"War of the Worlds" is a science-fiction book by H. G. Wells. The plot concerns a Martian invasion of our planet.

The space ships sent to Earth by the Martians are shaped like cylinders. Instead of landing softly, they do it quite forcefully, so part of the cylinder ends up buried in the ground. In the excerpt we are analyzing here, the cylinder is being excavated, that is, dug up. Even if the reader does not know the meaning of the word "excavations" as it is used in the excerpt, he can infer it from the clues:

edge of the pit

had been uncovered

was still embedded

The clues above help readers visualize the half-buried space ship and understand that some of it has already been dug up.

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