Compare these two passages from the story:. . . armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections . . .[D]espite his current sad and revolting form, [Gregor] was a family member who could not be treated as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient.Both passages have a(n) _________ tone.A.playfulB.nostalgicC.informalD.disgusted
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Compare these two passages from the story:. . . armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections . . .[D]espite his current sad and revolting form, [Gregor] was a family member who could not be treated as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient.Both passages have a(n) _________ tone.A.playfulB.nostalgicC.informalD.disgusted
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The correct answer is D. disgusted. The first passage describes Gregor's physical transformation in a way that emphasizes its grotesqueness, using words like "armour-like back" and "brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections." The second passage, while acknowledging Gregor's "sad and revolting form," also emphasizes the family's duty to "swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient." Both passages thus convey a tone of disgust, albeit mixed with a sense of duty and patience in the second passage.
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