Which sentence has an optimistic tone? this group of wide-eyed boys with a love of the game reminds me of my own freshman squad. though shanna is an underdog in the tournament, skillful coaching is likely to increase her success. with a roster full of inexperienced players, the team is unlikely to win a game in the national tournament. milo is an underdog in the tournament because he had only seven wins during the regular season.

“what i heard was abominable,” said utterson. “it can make no change. you do not understand my position,” returned the doctor, with a certain incoherency of manner. “i am painfully situated, utterson; my position is a very strange—a very strange one. it is one of those affairs that cannot be mended by talking.” –the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde, robert louis stevenson write two to three sentences explaining how this passage creates suspense.