Reread this sentence from paragraph 9 of "the duck and the smartphone." which type of context clue in the sentence can you understand the meaning of despondent? the duck was delighted with his new toy and immediately began to experiment with it, but within moments his mood changes from joyful to despondent. a) contrastb) similarityc) appositive d) example

The type of context clue in the sentence that helps understand the meaning of despondent is:

a) contrast

Explanation:

The context is saying that the duck had sudden mood changes; his mood went from joyful to despondent. Therefore, one can infer that despondent is the opposite from joyful. According to Google, despondent means: in low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

d

explanation:

in "people in peace, not profit and war" chrisholm uses inductive reasoning for her argument against defense spending by stating that the new administration, like most americans, wanted to invest in social objectives, so they must not want to prioritize defense spending. mr. nixon said "we can delay no longer in launching new approaches to the problem that beset them", but chrisholm points out that the programs were delayed anyways.