Question

Click to read the passage from “the yellow wallpaper”, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Then answer the question.

So now she is gone, and the servants are gone, and the things are gone, and there is nothing left but that great bedstead nailed down, with the canvas mattress we found on it We shall sleep downstairs to-night, and take the boat home to-morrow. I quite enjoy the room, now it is bare again. How those children did tear about here! . This bedstead is fairly gnawed! But I must get to work. I have locked the door and thrown the key down into the front path.I want to astonish him. I've got a rope up here that even Jennie did not find. If that woman does get out, and tries to get away, I can tie her! But I forgot I could not reach far without anything to stand on! This bed will NOT move! I tried to lift and push it until I was lame, and then I got so angry I bit off a little piece at one corner but it hurt my teeth. Then I peeled off all the paper I could reach standing on the floor. It sticks horribly and the pattern just enjoys it! All those strangled heads and bulbous eyes and waddling fungus growths just shriek with derision!

Which word best describes the tone of this passage?

A) panicked
B) calm
C) joyful
D) Dull

Answer 1

Answer: A) Panicked.

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. From the given options, the word that best describes the tone of the passage is "panicked" we can see that in the fact that the speaker is desperatly trying to plan what she is going to do in that almost empty room.