Question

Read the excerpt from "A Quilt of a Country." America is an improbable idea. A mongrel nation built of ever-changing disparate parts, it is held together by a notion, the notion that all men are created equal, though everyone knows that most men consider themselves better than someone. "Of all the nations in the world, the United States was built in nobody's image," the historian Daniel Boorstin wrote. That's because it was built of bits and pieces that seem discordant, like the crazy quilts that have been one of its great folk-art forms, velvet and calico and checks and brocades. Out of many, one. That is the ideal. Which word from the excerpt carries a positive connotation? improbable nobody crazy ideal

Answer 1

Answer:

D. ideal

Explanation:

The definition of "ideal" is "satisfying one's conception of what is perfect; most suitable".

Answer 2

The word from the excerpt that carries a positive connotation is D. ideal. Read more about this below.

What is a Positive Connotation?

This refers to the use of words to make an association to a good feeling or thing about a particular atmosphere.

Hence, we can see that from the given text, there is the narration of the idea of America and how it is a mongrel nation, but there is the use of the word "ideal" which has a positive connotation and means a thing that is good and desirable.

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