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1. Which of the following words is an author most likely to use in order to convey a positive tone?
   

Select all that apply.


detached


delightful


direct


desolate


devoted

1. Diction primarily concerns an author’s _____.
   
   

clarity


speech


mood


word choice

1. Read the following excerpt from Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve and answer the question.
   
   

Stare your fill, Rukmani; you always lacked good graces.”


Which of the following best describes the tone of this dialogue?


derisive


polite


miserable


angry

1. Which of the following words is an author most likely to use in order to convey a negative tone?
   

Select all that apply.


conceited


commanding


confident


contemptuous


comforting

1. An author’s tone in a work of literature is conveyed primarily by _____.
   
   

feeling


diction


mood


argument