English, 28.01.2020 07:31 landonp101

Read the excerpt from "object lesson 1".
how does the author's word choice express the tone
of the excerpt?
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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.
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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Read the excerpt from "object lesson 1".
how does the author's word choice express the tone