English, 28.01.2020 07:31 jisalinas5576

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