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

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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.