The passage from A Raisin in the Sun.

Which connotations are associated with the phrase

"worked up"? Select three options.

concerned

apologetic

NER (looking around at the hostile faces and reaching

Issembling his hat and briefcase) : Well I don't

rstand why you people are reacting this way. What do

hink you are going to gain by moving into a

iborhood where you just aren't wanted and where

e elements-well-people can get awful worked up

n they feel that their whole way of life and everything

"ve ever worked for is threatened

anxious

angry

exhausted

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Kianna Bolton

14 June, 17:47

The passage from A Raisin in the Sun.

Which connotations are associated with the phrase

"worked up"? Select three options.

concerned

apologetic

NER (looking around at the hostile faces and reaching

Issembling his hat and briefcase) : Well I don't

rstand why you people are reacting this way. What do

hink you are going to gain by moving into a

iborhood where you just aren't wanted and where

e elements-well-people can get awful worked up

n they feel that their whole way of life and everything

"ve ever worked for is threatened

anxious

angry

exhausted

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Answers (2)

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Beckett Hammond · Answer 1

The connotations are associated with the phrase "worked up" are:

* Concerned

* Anxious

* Angry

Explanation:

To work up something or someone or to get worked up means to take sb or ourselves to a state on anger and stress towards an unwanted situation, then in the context it is explain that the new people are not wanted in the neighborhood and as the neighbors see their stability and kind of life threatened they become stressed, angry and worries about it.

Grant Maddox · Answer 2

concerned

anxious

angry