Select the correct definition of the word derided based on the context of the following line from james joyce’s “araby.” gazing up into the darkness i saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity a. rebuked b. mocked c. saddened d. motivated

mocked

Explanation:

From the list of options a through d, option b has the best fit for the text.

Being derided means being mocked, ridiculed, poked fun at, make fun of, etc.

When you're answering questions like this, whatever new word you're bringing in must not only fit in, by syntax (grammatically correct); it must also fit in by meaning.

Using any other options aside option B may be correct syntactically but any of these options would give another meaning to the what is being implied in the original context.

So, the text

Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and mocked by vanity

has the same meaning as the text in the question.

yes you could be a life guard if that the question.

jeez la wheeze! i just checked other people who had the same question as you and both had terrible answers.

i hope i could be a little bit of a though!

hmm, lets see here. okay! so, i don't know the passages exactly since i haven't taken that quiz before, but! i will try to the best i can.

if you need on what igbo means, ill give you a hand.

igbo means a member of a people of southeastern nigeria.

so, they're asking you, "what passage uses igbo words or phrases and in at least 100 words, identify the kinds of context clues the author uses to hint at the words' meaning."

so basically, don't stress or over look this.

look closely at the passages and see if you can spot any of those hints! it doesn't have to be all, remember, its a quiz! no right or wrong answers.

the teachers are always there to and if you are struggling on this topic they will notice it in your score on the quiz and you.

(; i do hope this is useful to you!     < 3