Read the passage below and determine the meaning of the underlined word using context clues.
“—and her face went blank, her mouth closed, her arms went slack, and she backed out of the room, stunned, as if she were blowing away like a small brown leaf, thin, brittle, lifeless.”

The comparison between “mouth closed” and “brittle” shows that “brittle” means tight-lipped.

The comparison between “backed out of the room” and “brittle” shows that “brittle” means moving backward.

The comparison between the “small leaf,” “blowing away,” and “brittle” shows that “brittle means easily b

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Read the passage below and determine the meaning of the underlined word using context clues.
“—and her face went blank, her mouth closed, her arms went slack, and she backed out of the room, stunned, as if she were blowing away like a small brown leaf, thin, brittle, lifeless.”
		
The comparison between “mouth closed” and “brittle” shows that “brittle” means tight-lipped.
		
The comparison between “backed out of the room” and “brittle” shows that “brittle” means moving backward.
		
The comparison between the “small leaf,” “blowing away,” and “brittle” shows that “brittle means easily b

anonymous · Answer

brittle underlined

anonymous · Answer

fragile, breakable, delicate,
? hope that helps

timaashorty · Answer

I think it's the third one. : The comparison between the “small leaf,” “blowing away,” and “brittle” shows that “brittle means easily...."

Because the other two comparisons, don't go much with the meaning in the quote. it makes more sense when it's being compared to a small leaf, or blown away.

Hope I helped..!