Question

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Which of these lines from the passage has an admiring tone?


A. "It was easy to see that if he had been clean and well dressed he would have been decidedly good-looking."


--> B."Washing the face and hands is usually considered proper in commencing the day, but Richard was above such refinement."


C. "His pants were torn in several places, and had apparently belonged in the first instance to a boy two sizes larger than himself."


D. "He had no particular dislike to dirt, and did not think it necessary to remove several dark streaks on his face and hands."

Answer 1

I think it is a because she was watching him get dress neatly

Answer 2

Answer: A) "It was easy to see that if he had been clean and well dressed he would have been decidedly good-looking."

Explanation: The tone of a text or sentence is the author's or speaker's attitude towards the audience, the subject or even the characters of the text. There are many different kinds of tones, like: positive, negative, objective, sad, angry, etc. Admiring means to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval, the lines that have an admiring tone, are the corresponding to option A, because the speaker is admiring how good-looking the man was.