The mood, or tone, of the following passage (paragraph 2) is best described as In the first place, I deny everything but what I have all along admitted the design on my
part to free slaves. I intended certainly to have made a clean thing of that matter, as I did
last winter, when I went into Missouri and took slaves without the snapping of a gun on
either side, moved them through the country, and finally left them in Canada. I designed to
do the same thing again, on a larger scale. That was all I intended. I never did intend
murder, or treason, or the destruction of property, or to excite or incite slaves to rebellion,
or to make insurrection.
A. skeptical
B. defensive
C. greedy
D. celebratory

Me asap it's an e2020 test and it's timedread the rough draft of a student's conclusion to anargumentative editorial.(1) year-round schooling would student achievement.(2) not so much information would have to be crammed intonine months. (3) furthermore, the elimination of long breaks,particularly summer break, would significantly reduce"learning loss" and the additional time wasted at thebeginning of each academic year to reteach previouslylearned material. (4) it is clear that year-round schooling students learn and retain more. (5) the united statesis not the only country to experiment with a year-roundschool schedule. (6) although many still claim that evidenceabout year-round school and its link to higher achievement isinconclusive, these people need to open their eyes and seethat students in these schools consistently score higher oncertain assessments than students who attend schools withtraditional nine-month calendars. (7) it is about time that wereplaced our outdated and inefficient school calendars.what revision would most strengthen sentence 1?