Read the following sentences from “no dogs bark.”
“are you crying, ignacio? the memory of your mother makes you cry, doesn’t it? but you never did anything for her. you always repaid us badly. somehow your body got filled with evil instead of affection.”
which of the following words best describes the speaker's tone?
a. aggravated
b. judgmental
c. offended
d. pleading

B. judgmental

Explanation:

Tone refers to the attitude with which a writer writes a piece of literary work. The tone helps in evoking the emotions and feelings of the audience towards the character or scene. Tone helps in creating the mood. In the given excerpt from "No Dogs Bark," the speaker has spoken the lines in judgmental tone. The speaker gives his remark about Ignacio who has never loved his mother. He comments on the nature of Ignacio and tells him that he had never been an affectionate child.

b is the answer.   i sat on the lumpy sofa, totally exhausted, with a bad taste in my mouth, wondering what i should do next.