Question 2 • DRHS American Literature and Composition
Read the quote from Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique.Sometimes a woman would say “I feel empty somehow . . . incomplete.” Or she would say, “I feel as if I don’t exist.” Sometimes she blotted out the feeling with a tranquilizer.Which best describes the connotation of “blotted” in the excerpt?
Answer
A
It has a positive connotation, because it implies the women were able to erase the feelings of emptiness.
B
It has a positive connotation, because it implies the emptiness was able to be replaced with happiness.
C
It has a negative connotation, because it implies women were actually strengthening the feelings of emptiness.
D
It has a negative connotation, because it implies women were merely temporarily lessening the feelings of emptiness.