Passage Questions Response had not even on context clues, Irascible is an adjective and demagogue is a noun. “I wanted [the pistol] what do we know The words potentially have a negative connotation when the irascible about these because they a) describe Senator Bell, b) describe a demagogue Bell highlighted words and firearm that we know Hundert ultimately tosses out and had foisted it up on how they function is the source of conflict with Ellerby, and c) relate to the me.” (p. 181) together? word foist, which we know from our vocabulary sheet means upon or impose.” “force The words reflect a judgment of Senator Bell, not the pistol. How does the Given his current situation, Hundert is not happy that he substitution of has the gun and he lashes out against the Senator for “easily angered” for irascible contributing somehow to the situation. and “passionate Hundert didn’t want the gun in the first place, yet he political leader” for accepted it anyway because he likely felt he had no demagogue affect choice. your understanding of the meaning of the sentence?
Passage Questions Response “I had not even wanted [the pistol] when the irascible demagogue Bell had foisted it up on me.” (p. 181) on context clues, what do we know about these highlighted words and how they function together? How does the substitution of “easily angered” for irascible and “passionate political leader” for demagogue affect your understanding of the meaning of the sentence? Irascible is an adjective and demagogue is a noun. The words potentially have a negative connotation because they a) describe Senator Bell, b) describe a firearm that we know Hundert ultimately tosses out and is the source of conflict with Ellerby, and c) relate to the word foist, which we know from our vocabulary sheet means “force upon or impose.” The words reflect a judgment of Senator Bell, not the pistol. Given his current situation, Hundert is not happy that he has the gun and he lashes out against the Senator for contributing somehow to the situation. Hundert didn’t want the gun in the first place, yet he accepted it anyway because he likely felt he had no choice.
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