The phrase that contributes to the author's sad tone is "silent sterile shores," conveying a somber image, as stated in option A and further explained below.
<h3>What is tone?</h3>
In literature, the term tone is used to refer to the author's attitude or approach concerning a certain topic. Tone is revealed through the words chosen by the author. Examples of tone are:
In the passage we are analyzing here, the author's tone is sad. The words and phrases that convey such sadness upon seeing the somber reservoir are:
- Debris-choked side canyons
With the information above in mind, we can select option A as the correct answer.
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My best guess for this question is to find good topic to talk about, and if your topic is too broad it may be hard to find information. So if your topic is too broad you have to do a lot of research, and find information that you thought made sense.
a billion people, two-thirds of them women, will enter the 21st century unable to read a book or write their names,” warns UNICEF in a new report, “The State of the World’s Children 1999.”
UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, points out that the illiterate “live in more desperate poverty and poorer health” than those who can read and write. The shocking number — 1 billion people illiterate — generated frightening headlines in major newspapers.
Poverty in the poorest countries is indeed something that ought to concern all of us, especially in a season when we pause to remember the less fortunate. But as usual, there’s more to this striking statistic than UNICEF tells us. Consider three points.
The Good News. Bad news sells, news watchers tell us. And 1 billion people unable to read and write — about 16 percent of world population — is certainly bad news. But let’s deconstruct the news.
First, UNICEF’s actual number is 855 million, a figure that did not appear in major newspapers. That’s still a large number, but it is 15 percent less than 1 billion.
Please, show me how to ride a bike!
Answer:
A-The question must have a single focus for research from valid sources.
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