Question 2
Reread these sentences from paragraph 2. Which tone
do the underlined word choices give to the text?
a neutral tone
a scientific tone
For hundreds of years, sailors
and fishermen slaughtered the
tortoises for meat. People who
came to the islands brought
with them dogs, pigs, and rats
that devoured tortoise eggs
and juvenile tortoises. Goats,
also introduced by people,
gorged on the vegetation that
sustained the tortoises.
a tone of awe
a disapproving tone

now, of course, the quality and the seasonability of these winter dreams varied, but the stuff of them remained.   they persuaded dexter several years later to pass up a business course at the state university—his father, prospering now, would have paid his way—for the precarious advantage of attending an older and more famous university in the east, where he was bothered by his scanty funds. but do not get the impression, because his winter dreams happened to be concerned at first with musings on the rich, that there was anything merely snobbish in the boy. he wanted not association with glittering things and glittering people—he wanted the glittering things themselves. often he reached out for the best without knowing why he wanted it—and sometimes he ran up against the mysterious denials and prohibitions in which life indulges.

there you go thats what we are missing

the use of “as” in the example to draw the resemblance. some more examples of common similes are given below. common examples of simile. our soldiers are as brave as lions. her cheeks are red like a rose. he is as funny as a monkey. the water well was as dry as a bone. he is as cunning as a fox. simile introduces vividness into what we say.

well basically since ima beginner people will answer any subject "right away"and if you get more points you could ask more questions or if you answer someone's question you get points

hot and dry

i need 20 things so this was just randomly added. hot and dry is the answer