1. the text says: “‘it was half the stevenses’ calf by rights,’ she said, trying to diminish for both of them the enormity of what she had done” (43). what do diminish and enormity mean? how do context clues you figure that out? what does this sentence us to infer about how they are feeling?

Shauna has collected a variety of sources for her research about charlie chaplin’s impact on american cinema. in performing her preliminary evaluation of each source, shauna should-thoroughly review and examine the content.-perform a quick search to determine the author’s reliability.-check whether the author agrees with experts on the subject.-decide whether it will be useful in her final essay.