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Read the following passage from "Every Man a King":

"Why, ladies and gentleman, let us say that all of these labor-saving devices reduce hours down to where you do not have to work but four hours a day; that is enough for these people, and then praise be the name of the Lord, if it gets that good. Let it be good and not a curse, and then we will have five hours a day and five days a week, or even less than that, and we might give a man a whole month off during a year, or give him two months; and we might do what other countries have seen fit to do, and what I did in Louisiana, by having schools by which adults could go back and learn the things that have been discovered since they went to school."

Which of these best describes the diction used in this passage?

A. Passionate and dry
B. Unreasonable and frustrated
C. Angry and imprecise
D. Practical and hopeful

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I think A but could be D I’m not sure.
Whoever is speaking in the passage, is letting people know to not let it be a curse. They want to inform someone to doing what they should do. They speaker is speaking with passion. If it’s D then the speaker could be hoping for this and that.
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Answer:

D. Practical and Hopeful

Step-by-step explanation:

A P E X

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