I ONLY HAVE 3 MINS HUY Read this excerpt from "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe. He summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court.

Which is the best way to determine the meaning of the word summoned using context clues?

Read the word slowly.
Skip the word.
Look at the surrounding words.
Look up the words online.

Look at the surrounding words.

Explanation:

I have learned from my own English class that looking at the surrounding words first can help you draw conclusions as to what the word means in the sentence. Also, it would be difficult to look up a word if you have no internet access or phone, and just by reading the word may not help, so look at the surrounding words!

Hope this helps!

femininity is conveyed through bernice's personality. she doesn't act how the other girls act and everyone thinks she is weird. she learns how to act in a way that was considered femininely appropriate at the time. she becomes so popular but her attempts to be liked end up backfiring when she is pressured into bobbing her hair. the author wrote that bernice cut off her cousin's hair in revenge for tricking her to cut her hair. this was the authors way of trying to change the way feminine is defined and the way women are expected to act.