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Question 35 • English Language Arts 10

Read the excerpt from chapter 7 of Night . One day when we had come to a stop, a worker took a piece of bread out of his bag and threw it into a wagon. There was a stampede. Dozens of starving men fought desperately over a few crumbs. The worker watched the spectacle with great interest. What is the connotative meaning of the underlined word in the excerpt?

Answer
A
an entertaining performance
B
a humiliating sight
C
an unexpected happening
D
a lavish event

Explanation

“Spectacle” literally means a noticeable or striking sight. Here, starving men are forced to fight over a few crumbs while a worker watches them, making the scene degrading and humiliating rather than entertaining or lavish. So the word’s connotative meaning is “a humiliating sight.”

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