Question

1. The text says: “‘It was half the Stevenses’ calf by rights,’ she said, trying to diminish for both of them the enormity of what she had done” (43). What do diminish and enormity mean? How do context clues help you figure that out? What does this sentence help us to infer about how they are feeling?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Enormity: large huge. The consequences are almost not able to be measured.

Diminish: Cut down enormity. She is trying to make smaller what had happened. Likely it was not going to work.