Omnivore's Dilemma 65-67 Analyze Language

Describe the meaning of bellow in the context of the sentence below.

“Cows separated from their mother will mope and bellow for days” (p. 65).

• make a happy, quick, joyful sound

• make a loud, slow, painful sound

• make a soft, slow, peaceful sound

• make a repeated, quick, curious sound

“Cows separated from their mother will mope and bellow for days” (p. 65).

What words or phrases helped you determine the meaning of bellow in this context?

“The animals are, for the first time in their lives, confined to a pen” (p. 66).

Using your knowledge of the affix con-, what does the phrase confined to mean?

• outside of

• in front of

• held within

• behind

In the sentence below, how do the words eat and from help us to better understand trough?

“They are ‘bunk broken’—taught to eat from a trough” (66).

• The words eat and from tell us that trough is something that contains cows’ food.

• The words eat and from tell us that trough is a result of the cows eating.

• The words eat and from tell us that trough is a synonym for cows.

• The words eat and from tell us that trough is a food that cows eat.

Why did the author use the word gazed in this first sentence instead of using a synonym with a different connotation, such as looked?

“I went out to the pen and gazed over the sea of ninety black Angus cattle. Almost at once, steer number 534 moseyed over to the fence and made eye contact with me” (67).

• Gazed connotes surprise, so it better describes the writer’s shock at seeing steer number 534.

• Gazed connotes watching something steadily and intensely, so it better describes the writer’s wonder and admiration at seeing steer number 534.

• Gazed connotes anger, so it better describes the writer’s irritation and frustration at seeing steer number 534.

• Gazed connotes looking at something quickly, so it better describes the writer’s disinterest in seeing steer number 534.