Read the following sentence. mariah’s voice shook and her hands fluttered as she floundered to answer the difficult questions steven was asking her. choose the denotation for the word floundered.

The options for this question are:

A) restored

B) struggled

C) succeeded

D) maintained

B) Struggled.

Explanation: The denotation of a word is the literal meaning, the one that we can find in a dictionary. It is the antonym of connotation which is the meaning given by the context of the word or even by the readers, based on their emotions or personal experiences. In the given sentence, the denotation of the word "floundered" is "struggled", "Mariah's voice shook and her hands fluttered as she struggled helplessly to answer the difficult questions Steven was asking her."

i would say c, admiration because the narrator related to the main character and she, too, once felt ashamed about her culture and wished to be an american girl to impress a boy. she felt admiration because her mom prepared her favorite foods when her and robert's (the guy she liked) family all came together and had a family reunion.

what makes a hero is someone who tries and acres and then heps to save people