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English, 05.09.2020 19:01 dyamondgeorge1oy4nex

Match the tone that best describes each excerpt. calm
awestruck
humorous
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By reason of my tender age (and there are some critics who, I hope, will be satisfied by my acknowledging that I am a hundred and fifty-six next birthday) I could not understand what was the meaning of this night excursion—this candle, this tool house, this bag of soot.
(On Being Found Out by William Makepeace Thackeray)
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In the next room, the door of which was open, I could see a magnificent gilt dressing case, with some splendid diamond and ruby shirt studs lying by it, and a chest of drawers, and a cupboard apparently full of clothes.
(The Notch On The Ax by William Makepeace Thackeray)
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A hearty hand-clasp from Jack, a frank and smiling greeting from Polly (she looked handsomer than ever, Harold thought, with her lustrous black hair and soft, dark-gray eyes), put him at his ease at once.
(The Emergency Men by George H. Jessop)

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