Question

Read the paragraph from the text.
"Finally, Javier Ramos, a famous artist who once attended Oliver High, came
to see the drawings as they were being prepared for the show. He
commented that the work was incredible. He said that when he was in high
school, his drawings were not nearly as good. In fact, he said that his
drawing skills at that time were rudimentary compared to what he saw
here."
Select the phrase that helps you understand what rudimentary means in the
paragraph above.
A “a famous artist"
B. "work was incredible"
C. "not nearly as good"
D. "drawing skills"

Answer 1

C, because if he said they were not as good before he said they were rudimentary, then that would not make since for them to be better, but worse....

Sorry I’m not good at explaining things...

Answer 2

The correct answer which is the phrase that helps you understand what rudimentary means in the paragraph above is C. "not nearly as good"

What is a Connotative Meaning?

This refers to the implied meaning of a word which is different from the original meaning based on the usage in a given text.

With this in mind, we can see that connotative meaning is used in the given excerpt as the meaning of the word "rudimentary"  is found to mean that something was not nearly as good so it was not perfect, given the scenario.

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