The CEO's inability to see the looming issues with his supply chain left him in the same position as the captain of the Titanic. Which term does this sentence demonstrate? A: denotation B:analogy C: tone D: meaning

Read the excerpt from "a pair of silk stockings." but she went on feeling the soft, sheeny luxurious things—with both hands now, holding them up to see them glisten, and to feel them glide serpent-like through her fingers. which best describes the underlying tone of the excerpt created by the connotations of the words “soft,” ”luxurious,” “glisten,” and “serpent-like”? 1. gloom 2. temptation 3. forgiveness 4. suspicion