Question

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For an African, whether you were sent to the Caribbean or South America, you were now part of the sugar machine. And it did not much matter where your ship landed. You could be working the fertile fields of Brazil or the hills of Jamaica; the brutal cycle of making sugar was much the same. If the terrain was not too rocky or hilly, you might be part of a group of slaves who drove teams of oxen to draw plows across the fields. On rougher ground, you were sent out to clear a space five inches deep and five feet square. Then you dug holes for the cane shoots in the cleared squares. You needed to work quickly and without stopping. Overseers watched closely to make sure of that, beating slaves who did not carve out at least twenty-eight holes an hour on one French island. The painstaking work had just one aim: to plant a crop that would end up taking the life of every worker who touched it. As Equiano explained, the sugar slaves could hardly rest even when their day was done.

How do the authors create a tone that develops their claim and purpose?

by using words with negative connotations, such as brutal

by describing the land with positive connotations, such as fertile

by describing the land with negative connotations, such as rocky

by using words with neutral connotations, such as plant

Answer 1

A. By using words with negative connotations, such as brutal

Answer 2

A. By using words with negative connotations, such as brutal

The connotation of a word is not the literal meaning of the word itself, but rather what the word’s usage implies. For example, the use of the word “brutal” creates a tone that is more angry and harmful, while using the word “friendly” sets a happy tone.

The authors’ use of words such as “brutal” sets a very negative and harmful tone throughout the entire paragraph.