The tone of a functional text is usually a. chatty and witty b. objective and formal c. opinionated and forceful d. stylistic and poetic

The correct answer is B. Objective and formal

Explanation:

A functional text is a text that provides information to complete a task, activity or achieve a purpose that is usually related to basic and necessary daily activities, this includes menus, recipes or manuals. Due to the purpose of these texts, functional texts are mainly concise and have an objective and formal tone (tone refers to the attitude of the writer), because, in this texts, the author does not aim at showing a positive or negative attitude towards the subject instead the information is presented neutrally; also, the tone is formal as the language used is mainly formal which shows the author has knowledge about the topic described and he or she is serious.

the correct answer is b. in order to explain a point clearly in an essay, it is always better to include a clear example of your ideas. including an scenario in which a family is affected by consumerism will support your argument as well as supporting details, such as quotations from experts and statistics. option a could be correct, but statistics and quotations are supporting ideas rather than clear explanations. choices c and d are simply inadequate. they do not add information about the effects of consumerism, rather they are strategies for engaging the reader

the sentence that best describes the tone of the passage from the radio broadcast compared to the passage from the book is b. the radio broadcast has a more surprised tone.

consider the text evidence: in the passage from the book, the description is more matter-of-fact. it is simply describing the things resembling little grey snakes, but there is no urgency in the description. on the other hand, in the passage from the radio broadcast, there is definetely urgency (you can tell from the expression used, "good heavens", which clearly indicates surprise.)