Which phrase in the excerpt most reflects the writer's
humorous tone?
o "change your perception"
O "gentle warning"
"athletes everywhere"
O "better understand"

"change your perception"

Explanation:

based on my research, the excerpt is "The Big Shot"

the author introduces a "possibility" that she immediately negates. this is the only form of (slight) humor in the excerpt, at least compared to the other answers.

the correct answer would be d, i never like waking up.

explanation:

iambic tetrameter is a meter which is basically a line consisting of four feet of iambic and it is used in poetry. it consists of unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. in this question, the only statement which is giving the feel of being stressed is option d, which says that i never like waking up. it means the person is feeling stressed whenever he wakes up. he never likes to wake up and and whenever he wakes up, he doesn't like it. so a sense or feel of being stressed is in this statement.  

this is what i put and it was correct

it's a way for authors to communicate with reader in this time period. books from the past can teach us about life.