Last night the phone rang while my family was in the middle of dinner. It was my Uncle Larry-my mom's brother-calling from Indianapolis. My mother listened to Uncle Larry's words, and at first she looked alarmed. Gradually, her face relaxed, and she began to tap her
foot impatiently.
Finally, she said, "Thanks for telling me about the storm warning. Larry, but my soup is getting cold. Can I call you back in half an hour?"
She hung up and sighed, "I love my brother, but he always thinks that the sky is falling."

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

What structural choice can a translator make to set a desperate or frantic tone? o a. character dialogue o b. setting changes o c. sentence length o d. plot order submit

What tone does this passage convey? sara thought about her options and sighed. she figured nothing could make her situation better. angry satirical humorous pessimistic