Question

quiz 3: i know why the caged bird sings, chapters 27-36
which of the following sentences uses the word beckoned correctly?

● beckoned and exhausted, glen collapsed on his bed after the game.

● the lizard beckoned across the rock when we opened the door.

● he beckoned to us from across the room so we went to join him.

● all of the choices are correct.

Explanation:

The word "beckoned" means to make a gesture to summon or signal someone/something.

1. In the first sentence, Glen collapsed from exhaustion, which has no connection to summoning, so "beckoned" is incorrectly used.
2. In the second sentence, a lizard cannot logically make a summoning gesture, so "beckoned" is incorrectly used.
3. In the third sentence, "He beckoned to us" correctly uses the word to mean summoning someone over.

Only the third sentence uses "beckoned" correctly.

Answer:

C. He beckoned to us from across the room so we went to join him.