Could someone please check my answer?
Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. In the same book, I met with one of Sheridan's mighty speeches on and in behalf of Catholic emancipation. These were choice documents to me. I read them over and over again with unabated interest. They gave tongue to interesting thoughts of my own soul, which had frequently flashed through my mind, and died away for want of utterance. In this paragraph, what connotation does "choice” have?
A Difficult to understand
B A selection or decision ****
C An expensive object
D Of very good quality
D of very good quality
To determine the connotation of the word "choice" in this context, we can look at the surrounding words and the overall tone of the passage.
In this excerpt, the author states that these speeches were "choice documents to me." This means that the author highly valued these speeches and considered them to be of great importance. They read them repeatedly and with continued interest.
Based on this information, we can conclude that the connotation of "choice" in this context is indicating that the speeches were seen as a selection or decision of great quality and significance. So, the correct answer is B) A selection or decision.