The adverb should be excitedly because an adverb modifies a verb, adjective or another adverb.
Answer:
<u>he was confused</u>
<u>Explanation:</u>
Note, we are told that, "Anthony awoke to laughing and applauding," in other words, he woke up by an unusual action, "laughing and applauding". This causes Anthony to wonder confusingly what had occurred, which fits in with the definition of the word, "quizzical".
The word quizzical is an adjective that is often used to denote the expression of someone who appears to be confused or amused.
I would probably say that the author used diction to achieve some kind of effect in the first sentence.
A. The teacher stood at the door smiling brightly and welcoming each student to her classroom on the first day of school.
The author's diction, or word choice, in this sentence portrays the teacher as a nice, kind, caring person.
run on MacOS i think i didn't really get what u meant but it would be great if you could rephrase it :))
