Read the passage from A Raisin in the Sun.
[LINDNER:] But you've got to admit that a man, right or wrong, has the right to want to have the neighborhood he lives in a certain kind of way. And at the moment the overwhelming majority of our people out there feel that people get along better, take more of a common interest in the life of the community, when they share a common background.
Which words best describe Lindner's tone, based on his use of the phrase "in a certain kind of way”?
disdainful and demeaning
confused and indecisive
warm and welcoming
surprised and amazed
Answer:
disdainful and demeaning
Explanation:
From the passage of <em>Raisin in the Sun</em>, Lindner uses the phrase "in a certain kind of way" in a disdainful and demeaning tone to narrate how an adult male has the right to want the neighborhood he wants to live in whether he's "right or wrong" which insinuates that Lindner is less than impressed.
This passage is appropiate for students familiar with literary jargon. The passage is quite explanatory, with a clear explanation and examples, thus targeting students rather than teachers. While it does not include informal English, and it is not particularly persuasive, it does include literary terms like setting, plot, theme, among others. Moreover, the passage clearly talks about literature mainly.
Answer: A. preferred eating at the dining-room table to eating in front of TV.
Explanation: In line 11, Ellerbee makes that statement about seeing her family's ghosts sitting at the dining-room table talking to each other every times she passes it, In line 10 she says that it was lonely as a little girl only getting to speak for thirty seconds at a time because she couldn't talk until commercial.
Aristotle built his ideas on Logic
<em><u>she was a tall girl, slender and graceful.</u></em>
