To My Dear and Loving Husband / Anne Bradstreet

Test Practice

Use Context Clues

Discuss with a partner how to answer the following vocabulary questions.

1. Which word is the best synonym for persevered?
Bradstreet persevered, despite the difficulty of life in the New World, and even found time to write poetry.
a. struggled
b. withered
c. persisted
d. succumbed


Which clues lead you to choose answer c? How did you eliminate other answers?

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