Answer: B “in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questioning from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good"
C “It's a very difficult thing to tell stories that children can both understand and appreciate, ' she said stiffly."
and
E“A most improper story to tell to young children! You have undermined the effect of years of careful teaching"
I think its the last one but im really not 100% sure. Hope It helped.
The answer that best supports my understanding of the denotative meaning of a word is the last option - the denotative meaning of a word involves the actual, dictionary definition of a word.
The other options refer to the connotative, and not denotative meaning of a word.