Mrs. ellen was always so kind when she had to chastise me: she never scolded, but gently corrected my blunders. which word provides the best clue to the meaning of chastise? kind scolded gently blunders

B) Scolded.

Explanation: context clues are words or phrases that the author includes in the text to help the reader to understand the meaning of a word or phrase in a sentence or paragraph. The definition of the word "chastise" is punish or reprimand severely, the word that provides the best clue to the meaning of this word is "scolded" because it has a similar meaning (it is a synonym), so the correct answer is option B.

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this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,