Why does the author repeat the word "quaint" in the second sentence of paragraph 1?
a. o
to suggest the alley is not particularly interesting
b. o
to emphasize that the alley is especially plain
c.
to distinguish one alley from a second alley
d.
to show the alley is more complex than it initially appears

A: to suggest the alley is not particularly interesting

Explanation:

Quaint things are usually quite quiet and homely, not too interesting

> the hunger games

> divergent

> caraval

> and i darken (depends on age range)

> strange the dreamer

> red queen

> the grisha trilogy

> six of crows

> the star-touched queen

femininity is conveyed through bernice's personality. she doesn't act how the other girls act and everyone thinks she is weird. she learns how to act in a way that was considered femininely appropriate at the time. she becomes so popular but her attempts to be liked end up backfiring when she is pressured into bobbing her hair. the author wrote that bernice cut off her cousin's hair in revenge for tricking her to cut her hair. this was the authors way of trying to change the way feminine is defined and the way women are expected to act.