Question

It was a spring without voices. On the mornings that had once throbbed with the dawn chorus of robins, catbirds, doves, jays, wrens, and scores of other bird voices there was now no sound; only silence lay over the fields and woods and marsh. In this excerpt, which phrase carries the most positive tone?

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is C) the dawn chorus of robins

Explanation:

Answer 2

Correct answer: “only silence lay over the fields and woods and marsh”.

Explanation: This sentence does not negate anything and it doesn’t point at anything missing or lacking either, unlike previous sentences. It simply describes the way silence had fallen over the fields, the woods and the marsh, like a blessing after a storm.