Read the passage.

when she realized that she had missed the bus, jia became distraught. she paced back and forth, wringing her hands and trying not to cry. there was no doubt about it—she would be late for her meeting and might lose her job as a result of her tardiness.

based on context clues in the passage, what is the most likely meaning of distraught?

tardy
agitated
doubtful
earnest

Agitated

Explanation:

Context clues is a technique that helps us infer the meaning of an unknown word by only looking at the surrounding information of that word. In this excerpt, we can infer the meaning of "distraught" has a negative connotation of being troubled, nervous, stressed or agitated, because of the context: Something bad happened that would have severe consequences (She missed the bus and might lose her job) and she reacted in an upset and agitated manner: "She paced back and forth, wringing her hands and trying not to cry."

the answer to the question is d. i took the test a second ago and got a 100 on it. hope this .

explanatithe story "two kinds" , revolves around a strict relationship between a mother and daughter. the mother tries very hard to make sure her daughter jing mei , is successful in life and lives up to her full potential. the story explores alot of different themes. though , there is one theme that really stands out. you cant force someone to be something that their not.

jing mei's mother was an immagrant from china. she moved to the united states to give her daughter , jing mei , a better and successful life for her. and being raised in china with their strict rules and striving to be perfect took a toll on her and her daughters relationship. she pressures her daughter to be great and perfect all the time but it gets really hard for her to live up to her mothers standards. her mother believes that jing mei can be a child prodigy and prepares her to be and act like one. furthermore , the story ends with jing mei getting everything off her chest and seeing the dissappointment in her mothers eyes as she finds out her daughter has not lived up to her full potential. and her mother has finally gained an understanding of her daughter.

tbh ur lucky i answered because you only gave 5 points. it should have been like 50.