Read the excerpt from "The Players." Whenever I spot them around school
with their horns, I think about
how silly it looks, and I think
they need someone to blow down
their too cool fronts, to show
them they aren't that different
from the rest of us who run,
throw, and jump in the hot
sun.

Which word best describes the tone of the excerpt?

A. angry
B. sad
C. grim
D. playful

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."