According to the dictionary, the word "patronize" means to be a customer of. What is the most precise meaning of the word patronize as used in the following sentence?

The elderly couple, who favored entrepreneurship, chose to patronize the independently owned coffee shop instead of the franchised coffee shop.

oppose

purchase

support

guard

How does the author use structure to create tension in the excerpt

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.

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