Question

Reread the following sentence from the story:

Ever since, when the lightning is angry, he commits damage as before, but you can hear his mother, the thunder, rebuking him and telling him to stop.

What is the meaning of the word rebuking as it is used in this sentence?
Question 5 options:

A: expressing disapproval of

B: supporting with kindness and love

C: taking the blame for

B: forgiving

Answer 1

A, rebuking is sort of like reprimand, the ‘mother’ is scolding the ‘lightning’

Answer 2

It is A. She is showing disapproval and is telling him to stop. She is not supporting him if she is telling him to stop. She is not taking the blame for him and she is not forgiving him in any way.