Question

when she chose to smile on me, i always wanted to thank her. the action was so graceful and inclusively benign. what is the most likely meaning of benign? choose based on context clues in the excerpt. a. kind b. grateful c. peaceful d. humorous part b which phrase from the sentence is a context clue that most clearly supports the answer to part a? a. when she chose b. to smile on me c. i always wanted

Answer 1

The first context describes the meaning of benign as being kind, thus option a is correct and in part b the phrase that gives clue to support answer is to "smile on me", thus option b is correct.

The context stated is Mrs. Flowers ( from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings), the paraphrase describes about the gentle nature of Mrs. Flowers. The character was  the aristocrat of Black Stamps. The author describes about pride, personality, humble nature and grace Mrs. Bertha Flowers persisted.  Since the adjectives used for describing the character of Mrs. Flower is warm- hearted and gentle.

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