Question

What tone does this passage convey? Eugene was upset that his team was not playing better. “If they play like this in the first quarter, then they are definitely going to lose! It’s over before it’s even started.”

satirical
optimistic
pessimistic
humorous

I think it is pessimistic .

Answer 1

I believe it is pessimistic because Eugene is being negative towards his team. Optimistic would be something like "We didn't do well in the first quarter, but we can make up for it in the second quarter and still win!"