Read the sentence. The shopkeeper smiled at David as if he were just telling a joke, but his disparaging comments made David feel insulted and embarrassed.

Based on context clues in the sentence, what is the most likely meaning of disparaging? Select two options.

uplifting
funny
belittling
uncomplimentary
hilarious

belittling and uncomplimentary

Explanation:

since David felt insulted and embarrassed a good inference can show that disparaging most likely has a negative annotation such as belittling and uncomplimentary.  

belittling and uncomplimentary

Explanation:

In the sentence it says "but his disparaging" which also can mean by the textual evidence uncomforting and as David feels embarrassed and insulted it gives us the idea of belittling

the correct answer can either be a or b because it could be both but you should probally choose b

wordsworth tends to see nature as 'out there'; a presence which surrounds humans, and contributes to human life, but is different from humans. if you look at a typical wordsworth poem (there was a boy, ye knew him well ye rocks) - wordsworth talks about nature as something that needs to be learned about and understood, nature is different from us.  

if you look at a byron poem (the isles of greece is a good one) - byron looks at nature mainly for what it already means to man. wordsworth will look at a landscape and see the mountains, trees, valleys, and rivers as almost spiritual presences - wordsworth wants to get to know nature.  

byron will look at the same landscape and he will want to know who lives there, what are the villages? are there any farms or mines, is there some history?  

wordsworth looks at nature for what it is; byron is forever asking what it means.  

wordsworth thinks that humans are part of nature; byron thinks that nature is part of being human