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Please help! Which definition of the word stricken is used in this sentence from paragraph 4?

As soon as he saw her, Erkan’s face brightened and he stopped looking like a stricken animal and instead looked like someone who recognized a dear old friend.

A attacking or hitting

B sick or weak

C upset or afflicted

D aggressive or threatening

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Answer:

part A-

upset or afflicted

part B-Erkan's face brightened when Michelle came in.

Step-by-step explanation:

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The answer is B: sick or weak.

Striken means critically affected by an annoying condition or bad feeling. In the sentence from paragraph four, the word stricken implies that the person displays an unpleasant expression in his face, as if he were a wounded animal.

Options A and D are incorrect because they are not synoyms of stricken. Option C is not possible either because of the animal reference, which would not allow feelings of sadness.

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