Question

tessas uncle bill was the most loquacious person tessa knew. unlike tessa, who spoke infrequently, uncle bill could chat for hours. fortunately, uncle bill was also very amusing, and he often made tessa laugh. their sense of humor was something they shared.
mandy read the paragraph and looked up the word loquacious. she determined that it meant \talkative.\ which phrases are context clues that mandy could use to confirm the meaning of loquacious? select the two correct answers.
(1 point)
□ \uncle bill could chat for hours\
□ \something they shared\
□ \uncle bill was also very amusing\
□ \unlike tessa, who spoke infrequently,\
□ \he often made tessa laugh\

Explanation:

Context clues help determine a word's meaning. "Uncle Bill could chat for hours" directly shows talkativeness. "Unlike Tessa, who spoke infrequently" contrasts with loquacious (talkative), as Tessa is not talkative. The other options ("something they shared", "Uncle Bill was also very amusing", "he often made Tessa laugh") are about humor, not talkativeness.

Answer:

"Uncle Bill could chat for hours", "Unlike Tessa, who spoke infrequently,"