Circle the answer that best describes the tone of each setting.

1. the green meadow was covered with beautiful purple wildflowers. just then, a graceful deer bounded across the meadow. nearby, a robin was looking for worms.
(a) appreciation of nature
(b) dislike of animals
(c) fear of animals

2. rain pounded the ground. thunder rumbled, and lightning streaked across the sky. it seemed that all the forces of cruel nature were at work today.
(a) fondness for storms
(b) fear of storms
(c) admiration for nature

1.

(a) appreciation for animals

2.

(b)

Explanation:

In the first setting, the adjectives 'beautiful' and 'peaceful' as well as 'graceful' set a calm scene of appreciation of nature, while the second setting uses the adjectives 'cruel' which sets a scene of fear.

(1.) a (2.) b

Explanation:

in the first one the key words " beautiful" and "graceful" tell us that the writer is appreciating the nature and the word "graceful deer" rules out the other two options as there is neither dislike nor fear in this description, so option a is correct!

In Q 2 words like "rumbled", "pounded" indicate the writer is not representing it as a pleasant scenario but the answer is mostly given away by the clue in the last line that says " forces of CRUEL nature" which obviously doesn't show any admiration or fondness for nature so there you go with option b!

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the answer is:

apprehensive.

the author motivation is to show the power of animal-human relationships.