Read the paragraphs. "I want you to carefully scrutinize the plants at your lab tables,” our science teacher, Mrs. Sharma, instructed. My lab partner, Sasha, and I leaned in closer to take a better look at the purple flowers. I took careful note of each segment I could recognize. I wrote them down in my notebook. "What do you observe about their shapes? What different parts can you identify?” Mrs. Sharma asked. Based on the context clues in the paragraphs, what does the word "scrutinize” mean? examine expose disturb connect

scrutinize means to examine or inspect closely and thoroughly.

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Explanation:

the correct answers are:

c. “never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue.”

d. “‘it has never been heard,’ was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.”

e. “this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke.”

this answer to this question is c. allegory

why?

stories with allegories have a hidden symbolic meaning with a theme. the hidden meaning can be political, or other real life problems.