From I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: What is the meaning of the following description of Mrs. Flowers in Paragraph 2? ""...her printed voile dresses and flowered hats were as right for her as denim overalls for a farmer.""

The meaning of the description is that the clothes worn by Mrs. Flowers looked great on her and fitted her perfectly well, as much denim overalls for farm work fitted any farmer. The part of the description referring to a farmer is a like a simile which was used to make the description of Mrs. Flowers more vivid.

answer: inference

explanation:

an inference can be understood as a conclusion to which a person is able to get based on reasoning. it is the same as a deduction, a guess, an assumption.   in the sentence presented, the conjunction "but" gives the readers an idea of contrast, and, therefore, allows them to induce that despite the opponent's characteristics, andrea had something different that made her win.