What should you do if you come across an unusual word or phrase in an essay you're reading?
A. Write a context clue in the margin.
B. Use a thesaurus to come up with synonyms.
C. Skim through the rest of the paragraph.
D. Do an Internet search to find out what it is.

B

Explanation:

Thesauruses will give you words that have the same meaning so your reader will understand.

demonstrative is te word i think

answer: the correct answer is that he still ridicules people that look different.

explanation: in "the nose"   by nikolai gogol, the author sets up a satirical view of russian society. the book is divided into three parts and tells the story of collegiate assessor ('major') kovalyov, who gets up one morning without his nose. he later finds out that his nose has developed a life by itself, and has apparently surpassed him by attaining the rank of state councillor. the short story showcases the obsession with social rank that plagued russia after peter the great introduced the table of ranks. by allowing commoners to attain hereditary nobility through service to the state, a large population was given the chance to move up in social status. this opportunity, however, also gave way to large bureaucracies, in which many of gogol's characters worked.