Question

A. Practice and Apply Read the boxed passage. Then circle the answer to each

question that follows.

[The soldier spoke] in a querulous way like a man who has mislaid
his hat.
-Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage

the word choice in this passage is

a. concrete
b. abstract

2. in the passage, the connotation of the word querulous is

a. positive
b.negative

Answer 1

1) B

2)B

Step-by-step explanation:

The first one is B because it says like a man who has mislaid and thats an abstract way of saying that the man mistook the hat for someone else because abstract nouns can't be specified/experienced using our five sences.

2) querulous means complaining/impatient which is a negative thing cause you give everything time and without patience if you rush a test you might get everything wrong.