1.Turtles caught on land or at sea were a favourite dish of the pirates
2.Turtles weighing more than 100 pounds could be kept alive for weeks on deck.
3. The turtle pursued by pirates trundled around the deck
Answer: D) Tone.
Explanation: The tone of a poem, a story or even a sentence is the attitude of the text (the author's or speaker's attitude) towards the subject, theme, audience or even the characters. There are many differents kinds of tones: happy, sad, angry, positive, negative, objective, subjective, etc. According to that definition, the correct answer is the corresponding to option D.
Based on the given excerpt above, from Philip K. story “The Gun”, the statement that tells us about the people who lived on the planet is that, t<span>he people were unfriendly and suspected anything that entered their territory to be an enemy. The excerpt wants to convey that there are some groups or race that consider anyone not part of them as a threat, and without a doubt, they would start a war against them. Hope this answer helps.</span>
D) It was his usual custom to wash his hands before each meal.
When one is redundant, one basically says the same thing twice or says something that is unnecessary. For instance, it would be redundant to say “wet water” because water, by its nature is wet. Thus, when we look at Option D, the redundancy it contains is “usual custom.” This is redundant because an act that is customary, or is a custom, is so because of its usual practice.
