Read this passage from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.

"I don't know what you mean by 'glory.'" Alice said.

Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you
don't-till I tell you. I meant there's a nice knock-down
argument for you!"
"But glory' doesn't mean 'a nice knock-down
argument, '" Alice *objected.*
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a
*scornful* tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean-
neither more nor less."

How do the underlined words affect the tone of the passage?

They give the passage a neutral tone.
They give the passage a positive tone.
They give the passage a negative tone.
O They give the passage a humorous tone.

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.