The two connotative meanings of "sighing" as used in the poem are "relaxation" and "peacefulness," as stated in options C and E, and further explained below.
The connotative meaning of a word is the meaning is assumes through context, the meaning the involves an emotional or cultural association, for example. In other words, the connotative meaning is different from the literal meaning of a word.
We know that, if someone is sighing, that means they are breathing out air in loud way. But what does it mean to say that the trees are sighing, as is said in the poem? After all, trees do not sigh.
Here is where connotative meaning comes into play. "Sighing" here is used to evoke an idea of peacefulness and relaxation. The "sighing trees" convey an image of tranquility.
With the information above in mind, we can choose options C and E as the correct answers.
The complete question with the missing answer choices is the following:
Read the passage from “The Caged Bird.” The free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn and he names the sky his own.
What are the connotative meanings of sighing, as used in the poem? Choose two answers.
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