Question

Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson 1".

How does the author's word choice help express the tone
of the excerpt?
Louise Carpenter stood tensely straight at her desk, her
pretty face almost as white as the envelope she was
clutching. And she was glaring at a mass of boy and girl
faces so blankly, so furtively quiet that the silence sizzled.
The positive connotations of the words "pretty," "quiet,"
and "silence," give the excerpt a tone of calmness.
The positive connotations of the words "pretty," "quiet,"
and "silence" give the excerpt a tone of nervousness.
The negative connotations of the words "tensely,"
"clutching," and "sizzled" give the excerpt a tone of
nervousness.
The negative connotations of the words "tensely,"
"clutching," and "sizzled" give the excerpt a tone of
calmness.

Answer 1

Im pretty sure its C

Explanation: Hope this helped :) if it didn't im so sorry :(

Answer 2

The author's word choice help to express the tone of the excerpt since The negative connotations of the words "tensely," "clutching," and "sizzled" give the excerpt a tone of nervousness.

Step-by-step explanation:

Adjectives and adverbs are a very important and defining part of speech as we try to convey and idea or as in this excerpt a feeling and even more to set the mood and atmosphere, the words used are deeply intense and can cause on the reader the same feeling as Louise Carpenter must be holding in that moment