The answer is: Serious and forceful.
Tone: Is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. Tone is generally conveyed through the choice of words, or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject. In this case Lake´s words give the impression he is being serious and forceful.
I’m pretty sure it would be C
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d- make me laugh.
Connotation is the emotional and imaginative association surrounding a word. Denotation is the strict dictionary meaning of a word.
Answer:
(i) Americans are united at time of hardship.
(ii) It concentrates on the diversity of the American society and their unity.
Quindlen's piece was written in context of the aftermath of the terrorist attack of 9/11. It concentrated on how the Americans overcame the trauma.