Question

Read the sentences below. Then use the allusion to the Egyptian sphinx to figure out what a difficult word means.

The assistant principal watched us with the eyes of a sphinx as we listed our excuses. Then she delivered her pronouncement.

What does the word "pronouncement" mean?
an angry response
a joke
a punishment
a wise and dignified message

Answer 1

@MiraAngel

Answer 2

Hi hi, what are you thinking? And do you know the definitions to the choices?

Answer 3

noo srry idk

Answer 4

Okay no worries.

Answer 5

thx

Answer 6

Okay let's start off by eliminating some answer choices.

Looking at the option "a joke". Do you think this is right? Considering that an/the assistant principal was making a pronouncement.

Answer 7

ya

Answer 8

Hm, we can eliminate this option because the principle was not making a joke. She was making a serious note to her employees.

Answer 9

SO IS C

Answer 10

Think about if you were a manager and you wanted to inform your employees about something, would you make a joke of it? No.

Answer 11

WAIT ITS A JOKE SO A

Answer 12

Not exactly, you see here a pronouncement is not a punishment.

Answer 13

ohhhh

Answer 14

Well, she wasn't giving them an angry response in particular. A pronouncement is more than that, It is an announcement that is, in principal, authoritative, explicit and formal. So I believe a more suitable choice would be a wise and dignified message.