Analyze and comment on the following.Read the following extract and try to guess the meaning of the word in italics. Then explain what contextual clues help you work out the meaning. ‘Get me an avocado, please,’Janet said, smacking her lips, but her brother, with a glance up at the branches, said that there were none ripe yet.
USING RELEVANT DETAILS. 'SMACKING HER LIPS', 'BRANCHES', 'RIPE' FORM A FRAME OF REFERENCE FOR US, IMPLYING IT IS SOMETHING EATABLE WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM TREES WHEN RIPE. SO, IT REFERS TO FRUITS.