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Read the excerpt from part one of Trifles.

HALE. “Why—where is he?” says I, not knowing what to say. She just pointed upstairs—like that (himself pointing to the room above).

What does the word “pointing” mean in this stage direction?
eying
leading
indicating
accusing

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Answer:

indicating

Explanation:

The verb point means "direct someone's attention towards something by extending one's finger or something held in one's hand."

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Answer: C) indicating.

Explanation: the denotation of a word is its literal meaning, the definition that we can find in a dictionary, a word can have several denotations (or definitions). The word "pointing" has different denotations, but the one that is used in the given excerpt from part one of "Trifles" is the corresponding to option C: indicating, this meaning corresponds to the definition: indicate a particular time, direction, or reading.