Read the excerpt from suffragists' "great demand" banner.

while there were stirrings for the right of women to vote in the early nineteenth century, the cause took on a new seriousness with the seneca falls convention of 1848. there, elizabeth cady stanton proposed that the convention’s declaration of sentiments—modeled on the aspirations of the declaration of independence—include the demand for women’s suffrage.

which word best describes the tone of the passage?

factual
sarcastic
humorous
critical

The tone of a text can be defined as the attitude the author has regarding the subject mentioned in his text. It can be accentuated by several things, for example, the author's point of view, syntax or the level of formality expressed.

In the passage, the author mentions the events occurred in a factual way, without giving his opinion, being semi formal and not with humor or using sarcasm, therefore the correct answer would be option a: "factual".

question 1: d) the old man continued, "in the long run, what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own destinies.'"

question 2: d) by providing a different perspective and encouraging the englishman to never give up, the boy him to discover the alchemist.

question 3: c) the stones he gave santiago the boy to recognize omens, which will him on his journey to find his personal legend.

question 4: d) when the englishman wants to quit, santiago doesn’t allow the englishman to give up.

question 5: a) by instructing the englishman to go and try, the englishman is motivated to continue on his journey toward his personal legend.

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