There are three syllables in contentious: con - ten - tious.
It is an adjective.
It has a Latin origin.
The most common definition is aggressive, controversial, inclined to argue.
The stressed syllable is ten.
B.When
the boy taunts John, it shows that the boy is jealous of John’s
intelligence.
In this excerpt, John portrayed that his intelligence and
smarts overpowers the basic drives of the boy to poor sex and intimidation.
Because of this, the boy acts on to John taunting him to feel stronger .
I’m thinking assembly but it could also maybe be democracy. pretty sure it’s assembly though.
The author's main purpose was the explain that the Community Service Council was effectual to high school students. The personal backstory was to add more evidence of the effectiveness.
