The option that describes how Nola is behaving is:
C. She is not talking much to her mother.
- This question is about the short story "Shopping" by Joyce Carol Oates. The characters are Mrs. Dietrich and her daughter Nola.
- Now that Nola is becoming a young adult, Mrs. Dietrich feels that she <u>no longer knows her daughter.</u>
- They are on their way to the shopping mall, something they have done many times before and which they both used to enjoy.
- However, this shopping trip is different. Nola is silent, answering with very few, short words to what her mother has to say.
- Mrs. Dietrich can sense the distance between them, but she insists in spending time with Nola.
- They still love each other, but now there is independence involved in the relationship.
- In conclusion, the best option is letter C. Nola is not talking much to her mother.
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The correct answer to how the writer uses context clues to indicate the meaning of earnest is C. The writer uses antonyms of earnest.
In this passage, when the writer says <em>"Unlike many of the candidates"</em>, he or she implies that<em> the following adjectives that refer to them would be opposed to what Melissa delivered in her speech.</em> The candidates <em>"seemed insincere and uncaring"</em>, while <em>"Melissa delivered her speech in earnest"</em>. Therefore, <em>"insincere and uncaring" would be antonyms of "earnest"</em>, allowing the reader to infer the meaning of earnest. So, the correct answer would be C. The writer uses antonyms of earnest.
The correct answer couldn't be <em>A. The writer uses synonyms of earnest </em>because of the word<em> "unlike"</em>, which conveys that <em>the following words are not similar to earnest</em>. On the contrary,<em> the writer uses antonyms</em> to give clues about the meaning of earnest. Hence, the correct answer couldn't be A. The writer uses synonyms of earnest.
The correct answer couldn't be <em>B. The writer creates a picture that helps the reader understand the word</em> because the <em>writer doesn't create any pictures</em> in this passage, he or she <em>only uses descriptions</em> to refer to the other candidates' speeches and Melissa's speech. Therefore, the correct answer couldn't be B. The writer creates a picture that helps the reader understand the word.
The correct answer couldn't be<em> D. The writer rephrases the meaning, so the reader can (...)</em> because <em>the writer doesn't rephrase the word earnest</em>; there is <em>no explanation about it or any kind of alternative expressions</em> or explanations that could allow the reader to infer its meaning. So, the correct answer couldn't be D. The writer rephrases the meaning, so the reader can (...).
