Which sentence conveys a tone that is inconsistent with the rest of the passage?
a) sentence 1
b) sentence 2
c) sentence 3
d) sentence 4

Sentence 4 (D)Explanation:

(1) Basketball is a team sport, the objective being to shoot a ball through a basket horizontally positioned to score points while following a set of rules. (2) Usually, two teams of five players play on a marked rectangular court with a basket at each end. (3) Basketball is one of the world's most popular and widely viewed sports. (4) People enjoy playing basketball because it is so cool. (5) There are millions of people across more than two hundred countries that play basketball around the world.

in   ¨and yet the books¨   by czelaw miloz the tone is positive since it tells us that when we touch a book, it starts to live and the perspective is in the third person and turns once into the first person. in "the rhinoceros" by eugene ionesco the tone is illogical and absurd   and the perspective is in the third person since it is a play.