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The passage from A Raisin in the Sun.

Which connotations are associated with the phrase
"worked up"? Select three options.
concerned
apologetic
NER (looking around at the hostile faces and reaching
Issembling his hat and briefcase): Well I don't
rstand why you people are reacting this way. What do
hink you are going to gain by moving into a
iborhood where you just aren't wanted and where
e elements—well-people can get awful worked up
n they feel that their whole way of life and everything
"ve ever worked for is threatened
anxious
angry
exhausted

User Rob Cowie
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Answer:

concerned

anxious

angry

Step-by-step explanation:

User Jiri Volejnik
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Answer:

The connotations are associated with the phrase "worked up" are:

* Concerned

* Anxious

* Angry

Step-by-step explanation:

To work up something or someone or to get worked up means to take sb or ourselves to a state on anger and stress towards an unwanted situation, then in the context it is explain that the new people are not wanted in the neighborhood and as the neighbors see their stability and kind of life threatened they become stressed, angry and worries about it.

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