How do the underlined words affect the meaning of the excerpt? OA. They suggest that the children will prefer the new pear tree to the old one.
OB. They explain why Uncle Paul gets a new axe every year.
OC. They show why the wood of a pear tree is more difficult to cut than other types of wood.
OD.
They convey the idea that the way trees mark the years is fascinating.

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.

b. cronkite, a trusted television personality, declared that the war was unwinnable and told the american people that the government had better find a way out

even though it went against everything the news anchors typically stood for, cronkite voiced an opinion and took a stance, telling the us that there was no way they were going to win, the war was going to end in a stalemate. 

this is a good question! i'll do some research and come back when i have the answer!