Question

drag each tile to the correct box. based on the context of each quote from incidents in the life of a slave girl by harriet ann jacobs, find the word that most clearly matches the connotation of the bolded word. tiles: to make a supply last by economy, to refrain from, to free from. quotes: 1. he told her all, only he forbore to mention how sick and pale her darling looked. 2. she did this to prevent the cook and her children from eking out their meager fare with the remains of the gravy and other scrapings. 3. o, how i despised him! i thought how glad i should be, if some day when he walked the earth, it would open and swallow him up, and disencumber the world of a plague.

Explanation:

To solve this matching problem, we analyze each quote and the meaning of the phrases:

First Quote: "He told her all, only he forbore to mention how sick and pale her darling looked."

The phrase "to refrain from" means to hold back from doing or saying something. Here, he held back (forbore) from mentioning the condition of her darling. So this quote matches to refrain from.

Second Quote: "She did this to prevent the cook and her children from eking out their meager fare with the remains of the gravy and other scrapings."

The phrase "to make a supply last by economy" relates to using resources sparingly to extend their use. "Eking out" means to make a small supply last by using it frugally, so this quote matches to make a supply last by economy.

Third Quote: "O, how I despised him! I thought how glad I should be, if some day when he walked the earth, a would open and swallow him up, and disencumber the world of a plague."

The phrase "to free from" means to release from something unwanted. Here, the speaker wants to free the world from the "plague" (the man), so this quote matches to free from.

Final Matches:

• "He told her all, only he forbore to mention how sick and pale her darling looked." → to refrain from
• "She did this to prevent the cook and her children from eking out their meager fare with the remains of the gravy and other scrapings." → to make a supply last by economy
• "O, how I despised him! I thought how glad I should be, if some day when he walked the earth, a would open and swallow him up, and disencumber the world of a plague." → to free from

Answer:

To solve this matching problem, we analyze each quote and the meaning of the phrases:

First Quote: "He told her all, only he forbore to mention how sick and pale her darling looked."

The phrase "to refrain from" means to hold back from doing or saying something. Here, he held back (forbore) from mentioning the condition of her darling. So this quote matches to refrain from.

Second Quote: "She did this to prevent the cook and her children from eking out their meager fare with the remains of the gravy and other scrapings."

The phrase "to make a supply last by economy" relates to using resources sparingly to extend their use. "Eking out" means to make a small supply last by using it frugally, so this quote matches to make a supply last by economy.

Third Quote: "O, how I despised him! I thought how glad I should be, if some day when he walked the earth, a would open and swallow him up, and disencumber the world of a plague."

The phrase "to free from" means to release from something unwanted. Here, the speaker wants to free the world from the "plague" (the man), so this quote matches to free from.

Final Matches:

• "He told her all, only he forbore to mention how sick and pale her darling looked." → to refrain from
• "She did this to prevent the cook and her children from eking out their meager fare with the remains of the gravy and other scrapings." → to make a supply last by economy
• "O, how I despised him! I thought how glad I should be, if some day when he walked the earth, a would open and swallow him up, and disencumber the world of a plague." → to free from