Select the correct text in the passage. Which three sentences in this excerpt from F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Winter Dreams" show th
at Dexter’s interest in Judy Jones has more to do with her beauty than her personality? It began like that—and continued, with varying shades of intensity, on such a note right up to the denouement. Dexter surrendered a part of himself to the most direct and unprincipled personality with which he had ever come in contact. Whatever Judy wanted, she went after with the full pressure of her charm. There was no divergence of method, no jockeying for position or premeditation of effects—there was a very little mental side to any of her affairs. She simply made men conscious to the highest degree of her physical loveliness. Dexter had no desire to change her. Her deficiencies were knit up with a passionate energy that transcended and justified them.
The sentence that demonstrate Dexter's enthusiasm for Judy Jones has more to do with her magnificence than her identity in this passage from F.Scott Fitzgerald's "Winter Dreams" is Dexter surrendered a piece of himself to the most immediate and deceitful identity with which he had ever come in contact.
Tone when writingis the use of <u>specific words</u> that influence the readers and affects the theme of the message.
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There are two major types of tone which are negative and positive tone.
Positive tone has to do with the words that are used by an author to show positivity or evoke good feelings. Negative tone on the other hand, is the opposite of positive tone which shows negative feelings.
Some examples of words that evoke positive tone: Happy, Approving, Appreciative, Calm, etc. Some examples of words that evoke negative tone include: Angry, Fearful, Uncertain, etc.