Zora Neale Hurston s novel Their Eyes were Watching God is rich in imagery and a sense of place and time. Hurston perfectly captures the cadence of black Southern dialect and leads the reader to understand the raw power of language. Janie is a woman struggling to find her voice and by novel's end, she has succeeded--through pain and loss and suffering--in defining herself and knowing her place in the world. Select the word that best describes the tone of the paragraph.
informal
positive
humorous
tragic

Read the summary of the first three paragraphs of “the world on turtle’s back.”[1] in the beginning, there was no land, only the great ocean. [2] the sky-world, the home of the gods, was above the ocean. [3] a sacred tree stood at the center. [4] one of the gods pulled out some of its roots for his pregnant wife. [5] this created a hole in the floor of the sky-world. [6] the man's wife fell through the hole toward the ocean below, clutching the roots in her hand.which is the best way to combine sentences 4 and 5? a) one of the gods pulled out some of its roots for his pregnant wife, which created a hole in the floor of the sky-world.b) one of the gods pulled out some of its roots for his pregnant wife, he created a hole in the floor of the sky-world.c) one of the gods pulled out some of its roots for his pregnant wife which created a hole in the floor of the sky-world.d) one of the gods pulled out some of its roots for his pregnant wife he created a hole in the floor of the sky-world.