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.

he is. some of his decisions were very irresponsible and did lead to the death of both romeo and juliet, such as him marrying them too quick or him not clarifying romeo's plan with him.

basically he did not think things through well enough or at all.

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in his speech "i have a dream," king states the plight of african americans, as he argues that after the civil war, slaves were promised equal rights and freedoms, but that these promises have not materialized.

he goes on to say that there are those who ask "when will you be satisfied? " implying that african americans alread enjoy a lot. in order to attack this argument, king lists examples of civil rights struggles that african americans still face, such as police brutality, segregation and racial prejudice.