Question

Read the following passage.

Certainly one of the most important values of literature is that it nourishes our emotional lives. An effective literary work may seem to speak to us, especially if we are ripe for it. The inner life that good writers reveal in their characters often gives us glimpses of some portion of ourselves. We can be moved to laugh, cry, tremble, dream, ponder, shriek, or rage with a character by simply turning a page instead of turning our lives upside down. Although the experience itself is imagined, the emotion is real. . . . Human emotions speak a universal language regardless of when or where a work was written.

Work Cited:

Meyer, Michael. The Bedford Introduction to Literature. 10th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2013. Print.

What is the tone of the passage?

enthusiastic
humorous
pessimistic
condescending

Answer 1

using process of elimination you can eliminate condescending and pessimistic, and the passage doesn't really seem humorous either so your left with enthusiastic. The author seems to be happy and excited to share knowledge about how literature can make people feel, thus the best answer choice is probably enthusiastic