Question 2
Reread these sentences from paragraph 2. Which tone
do the underlined word choices give to the text?
a neutral tone
a scientific tone
For hundreds of years, sailors
and fishermen slaughtered the
tortoises for meat. People who
came to the islands brought
with them dogs, pigs, and rats
that devoured tortoise eggs
and juvenile tortoises. Goats,
also introduced by people,
gorged on the vegetation that
sustained the tortoises.
a tone of awe
a disapproving tone

Which inference can a reader make based on the information in the excerpt?

Which literary device does orwell most use to support his purpose in writing in this passage? characters, to show that what happens on the farm is fiction allegory, to show similarities between the farm and the soviet union point of view, to show how the characters think about the murders setting, to show that events in the soviet union may have been caused by the economy

Which lines spoken by romeo in act iii, scene i of romeo and juliet best support the inference that romeo desires future peace between the montagues and capulets? check all that apply. abc romeo: tybalt, the reason that i have to love thee doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such a greeting; villain am i none, romeo: i do protest i never injur'd thee, but love thee better than thou canst devise, romeo: draw, benvolio; beat down their weapons, gentlemen, for shame, forbear this outrage! romeo: alive! in triumph! and mercutio slain! away to heaven, respective lenity, and fire-ey'd fury be my conduct now! romeo: this day's black fate on more days doth depend; this but begins the woe others must end.