Read the sentence below:This awful event was doomed and ruined from the moment we began planning it.Which word best describes the tone of the sentence?A.FunnyB.AppreciativeC.FriendlyD.DrearySUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Tragedy is to whimper as joke is to _____wrathreposeguffawtemperance

Tragedy is to whimper as joke is to _____reposewrathtemperanceguffaw

Click to read the passage from The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka. Then answer the question.Which word best describes the tone presented in the first paragraphs of the story?A.ExcitedB.FrightenedC.Matter-of-factD.SurprisedSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Click to read the passage from "The Yellow Wallpaper," by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Then answer the question.Which word best describes the tone of this passage?A.JoyfulB.PanickedC.DullD.CalmSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read this excerpt from Margaret Frink's Journal of the Adventures of a Party of California Gold-seekers:Here we again heard alarming and discouraging accounts of deeds of violence and bloodshed that had recently been committed on the plains, along the route that we were very soon to travel over.Which statement best describes the effect of word choice on the tone of the excerpt?A.Words like "deeds" and "committed" give the excerpt a threatening tone.B.Words like "alarming" and "violence" give the excerpt a sinister tone.C.Words like "again" and "soon" give the excerpt an expectant tone.D.Works like "discouraging" and "bloodshed" give the excerpt a depressed tone.