PLEASE HELP? WILL MEDAL.
What is the effect of the choice of words in these lines from the passage?
“She regretted to be under the necessity of keeping me at a distance; but that until she heard from Bessie, and could discover by her own observation, that I was endeavouring in good earnest to acquire a more sociable and childlike disposition, a more attractive and sprightly manner—something lighter, franker, more natural, as it were—she really must exclude me from privileges intended only for contented, happy, little children.”

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PLEASE HELP? WILL MEDAL.
What is the effect of the choice of words in these lines from the passage?
“She regretted to be under the necessity of keeping me at a distance; but that until she heard from Bessie, and could discover by her own observation, that I was endeavouring in good earnest to acquire a more sociable and childlike disposition, a more attractive and sprightly manner—something lighter, franker, more natural, as it were—she really must exclude me from privileges intended only for contented, happy, little children.”

anonymous · Answer

It conveys how unjustly the narrator was treated.

It conveys the narrator’s lack of good manners.

It conveys how angry the narrator was at her mother.

anonymous · Answer

@misssunshinexxoxo  any ideas?