Read the following excerpt from Journal of the Adventures of a Party of California Gold-seekers by Margaret Frink:This was another hard day. We had expected an easier road down the mountains after crossing the main ridge, but were disappointed. Our road to-day was very rough, up and down mountains all the way.Which word best describes the mood Frink creates with this passage?A.RelievedB.DeterminedC.ExhaustedD.Optimistic

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 "again" and "soon" give the excerpt an expectant tone.B.Works like "discouraging" and "bloodshed" give the excerpt a depressed tone.C.Words like "alarming" and "violence" give the excerpt a sinister tone.D.Words like "deeds" and "committed" give the excerpt a threatening tone.

Which tone best matches the historical sections of The Way to Rainy Mountain?A.Angry and criticalB.Lofty and celebratoryC.Factual and detachedD.Imaginative and descriptive

Read the following excerpt from The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday:I do not speak Kiowa, and I never understood her prayers, but there was something inherently sad in the sound, some merest hesitation upon the syllables of sorrow. She began in a high and descending pitch, exhausting her breath to silence; then again and again—and always the same intensity of effort, of something that is, and is not, like urgency in the human voice. Transported so in the dancing light among the shadows of her room, she seemed beyond the reach of time.Which phrase in the passage most strongly contributes to its overall tone?A.syllables of sorrowB.high and descending pitchC.always the same intensityD.transported in the dancing lightSUBMITarrow_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.

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