Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson 1".
Louise Carpenter stood tensely straight at her desk, her pretty face almost as white as the envelope she was clutching. And she was glaring at a mass of boy and girl faces so blankly, so furtively quiet that the silence sizzled.
How does the author's word choice help express the tone of the excerpt?
The positive connotations of the words "pretty," "quiet," and "silence," give the excerpt a tone of calmness.
The positive connotations of the words "pretty," "quiet," and "silence" give the excerpt a tone of nervousness.
The negative connotations of the words "tensely," "clutching," and "sizzled" give the excerpt a tone of nervousness.
The negative connotations of the words "tensely," "clutching," and "sizzled" give the excerpt a tone of calmness.
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The negative connotations of the words tensely, clutching, and sizzled give the excerpt a tone of nervousness.Explanation:
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We are provided with an excerpt from " Object Lesson 1" and we are asked to read the excerpt and answer the question asked by choosing any of the options provided. The answer to the question asked based on the excerpt will be the third option.
- The word excerpt means a short extract that has been taken from the book.
- In this extract, the narrator is talking about Louise Carpenter.
- Louise Carpenter is holding the envelope in her hand and is very nervous.
- We know that she is nervous as her face was white as the envelope that she was holding.
- So the first and last options that have been provided to us cannot be the correct answers.
- The words pretty, quiet, and silence are not adjectives that describe a person who is nervous.
- So, the second option also cannot be the correct answer.
- So, therefore, the correct answer will be the third option that states The negative connotations of the words "tensely," "clutching," and "sizzled" give the excerpt a tone of nervousness.
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