English 1-1
Read the poem "The Wild Rose" by Wendell Berry and answer the question that follows. Sometimes hidden from me in daily custom and in trust, so that I live by you unaware as by the beating of my heart, suddenly you flare in my sight, a wild rose blossoming at the edge of thicket, grace and light where yesterday was only shade, and once again I am blessed, choosing again what I chose before. This poem uses visual imagery, which appeals to the sense of sight. From the choices below, which uses the most vivid visual imagery?
"suddenly you flare in my sight,"
What is a linking verb?
A linking verb connects a subject to its complement.
What is a major difference between fixed and free/open poems?
Free/open poems do not have a regular rhyme scheme, and fixed poems do.
How are participles and gerunds similar and different?
Gerunds and participles are similar in that they both can end in —ing; however, they differ in their functions: gerunds function as nouns, and participles function as modifiers.
Why does Yolanda's father tear up her speech?
He is motivated by his traditional values of respecting all authority.
When Yolanda's father rips up her speech, how does her mother respond and why?
Her mother stands up to her husband because she thinks the speech is quite appropriate in America.
__________ is a deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.
Hyperbole
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
If a word is classified as alliteration it is also classified as assonance and onomatopoeia.
Which of the following statements about poetry is FALSE?
Poetry is always governed by rules and divided into lines and stanzas.
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
Sonnets are a genre of poetry that is very lyrical.
Which of the following statements about free/open poetry is FALSE?
Sonnets are an example of free/open poetry.
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
Static and kinetic words indicate the genre of a poem.
Which of the following BEST characterizes the narrator's mother?
The narrator's mother mixes up common American idioms.
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
There is no repetition in fixed form poetry.
In poetry, what are "free verse" and "haiku"?
They are poetic forms.
If you were asked to write an additional stanza for one of the two poems you read that followed a predictable pattern, you would want to choose the poem "Sea Fever" by John Masefield instead of Poe's "The Bells" because "Sea Fever" follows a strict rhythmic pattern and "The Bells" does not.
True
Imagery is used to influence the mood of the reader and reveal theme.
True
The rhythm, rhyme, and sound devices of a poem can help the reader identify mood and theme.
True
When discussing poetry, we refer to the "narrator" of the poem as the speaker of the poem.
True
What is the difference between voice and tone?
Voice is the actual words used and tone is the attitude behind the words.
What motivates Yolanda to call her father "Chapita"?
Yolanda was insulting her father by calling him by the nickname of Trujillo.
The question below refers to "The Legend" by Garrett Hongo. Read the second stanza from the poem "The Legend" below, and answer the question that follows. He is Asian, Thai or Vietnamese, and very skinny, dressed as one of the poor in rumpled suit pants and a plaid mackinaw, dingy and too large. He negotiates the slick of ice on the sidewalk by his car, opens the Fairlane's back door, leans to place the laundry in, and turns, for an instant, toward the flurry of footsteps and cries of pedestrians as a boy—that's all he was— backs from the corner package store shooting a pistol, firing it, once, at the dumbfounded man who falls forward, grabbing at his chest. This stanza creates the impression of __________.
a poor man who becomes a victim
Choose the answer that BEST completes the following sentence. A verbal is __________.
a verb functioning as another part of speech
Fences by Pat Mora Mouths full of laughter, the turistas come to the tall hotel with suitcases full of dollars. Every morning my brother makes the cool beach new for them. With a wooden board he smooths away all footprints. I peek through the cactus fence and watch the women rub oil sweeter than honey into their arms and legs while their children jump waves or sip drinks from long straws, coconut white, mango yellow. Once my little sister ran barefoot across the hot sand for a taste. My mother roared like the ocean, "No. No. It's their beach. It's their beach." The following question refers to "Fences" by Pat Mora. The speaker of this poem is __________.
a young child
In the new RoboCup, the Standard Platform League replaces the Four-legged League. Which of the following choices BEST identifies the underlined verb?
action
Read the following sentence and determine which type of verb is underlined. Organizers subdivided the Humanoid League into two groups: Kid-size and Teen-size. Which of the following choices BEST identifies the underlined verb?
action
RoboCup designers chose soccer as a research challenge for robotics and artificial intelligence. Which of the following choices BEST identifies the underlined verb?
action
Which type of verb can have a direct object?
action
How is the underlined participle functioning in the sentence below? The partygoer, exhausted by the antics of the masquerade ball, sat down and took off her shoes.
adjective describing partygoer
Which of the following is NOT a genre of poetry?
allusion
Read the excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe and answer the question that follows. Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror. It was not a groan of pain or of grief—oh, no!—it was the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul when overcharged with awe. I knew the sound well. Many a night, just at midnight, when all the world slept, it has welled up from my own bosom, deepening, with its dreadful echo, the terrors that distracted me. I say I knew it well. I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart. Which mood is created by the author's word choice in this excerpt?
anxiety and fear
The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe I Hear the sledges with the bells— Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells From the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells— From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells. II Hear the mellow wedding bells, Golden bells! What a world of happiness their harmony foretells! Through the balmy air of night How they ring out their delight!— From the molten-golden notes, And all in tune, What a liquid ditty floats To the turtle-dove that listens, while she gloats On the moon! Oh, from out the sounding cells, What a gush of euphony voluminously wells! How it swells! How it dwells On the Future!—how it tells Of the rapture that impels To the swinging and the ringing Of the bells, bells, bells!— Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells— To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells! III Hear the loud alarum bells— Brazen bells! What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells! In the startled ear of night How they scream out their affright! Too much horrified to speak, They can only shriek, shriek, Out of tune, In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire— In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire, Leaping higher, higher, higher, With a desperate desire, And a resolute endeavor, Now—now to sit or never, By the side of the pale-faced moon. Oh, the bells, bells, bells! What a tale their terror tells Of despair! How they clang and clash and roar! What a horror they outpour In the bosom of the palpitating air! Yet the ear, it fully knows, By the twanging And the clanging, How the danger ebbs and flows:— Yes, the ear distinctly tells, In the jangling And the wrangling, How the danger sinks and swells, By the sinking or the swelling in the anger of the bells— Of the bells— Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells— In the clamor and the clangor of the bells! IV Hear the tolling of the bells— Iron bells! What a world of solemn thought their monody compels! In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright At the melancholy menace of their tone! For every sound that floats From the rust within their throats Is a groan. And the people—ah, the people They that dwell up in the steeple, All alone And who, tolling, tolling, tolling, In that muffled monotone, Feel a glory in so rolling On the human heart a stone— They are neither man nor woman— They are neither brute nor human, They are Ghouls:— And their king it is who tolls:— And he rolls, rolls, rolls, rolls A Paean from the bells! And his merry bosom swells With the Paean of the bells! And he dances and he yells; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the Paean of the bells— Of the bells:— Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the throbbing of the bells:— Of the bells, bells, bells— To the sobbing of the bells:— Keeping time, time, time, As he knells, knells, knells, In a happy Runic rhyme, To the rolling of the bells— Of the bells, bells, bells:— To the tolling of the bells— Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells— To the moaning and the groaning of the bells. The following question refers to "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe. What is the mood of stanza three?
anxiousness and despair
Read the following excerpt from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe and answer the question that follows. Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before; But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token, And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore!" This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word "Lenore!" Merely this and nothing more. What literary device is used in the underlined words?
assonance
A(n) __________ verb partners with main verbs to indicate tense or mood.
auxiliary
If you wrote a poem and intended it to be sung or recited out loud, it would most likely be classified as a __________.
ballad
Why do the narrator (Yolanda) and her sisters resent Mami's inventing?
because she was always busy, and they wanted her help trying to figure out how to be American kids
Daughter of Invention. Based on the graphic organizer, which of the following is a conflict in the story?
character vs. society
Which of the following choices is NOT a type of verb?
collective
Which genre and form best describe the following poem? Balloons Are my favorite Thing in the entire world! Any color, any size Unless they get Too big & P O P
concrete free verse
"The repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or at the end of words" is the definition of which type of literary device?
consonance
Read the following poem "Bee! I'm expecting you!" by Emily Dickinson and answer the question that follows. Bee! I'm expecting you! Was saying Yesterday To Somebody you know That you were due— The Frogs got Home last Week— Are settled, and at work— Birds, mostly back— The Clover warm and thick— You'll get my Letter by The seventeenth; Reply Or better, be with me— Yours, Fly. What literary device is used in the underlined words?
consonance
Which of the following sentences uses a participle?
Already looking forward to the next Carnival, the masquerader began the next year's costume.
What is an action verb?
An action verb expresses actions or events taking place.
Read the poem "The Wild Rose" by Wendell Berry and answer the question that follows. Sometimes hidden from me in daily custom and in trust, so that I live by you unaware as by the beating of my heart, suddenly you flare in my sight, a wild rose blossoming at the edge of thicket, grace and light where yesterday was only shade, and once again I am blessed, choosing again what I chose before. Which of the following lines contains a metaphor?
"suddenly you flare in my sight, / a wild rose blossoming at the edge"
Which of the following statements about fixed poetry is FALSE?
Limerick is not an example of fixed poetry.
__________ is when one thing replaces something that is related to it.
Metonymy
All of the following are TRUE of a narrative voice except:
Narrative voice almost always comes through dialogue.
Why might an author choose to write a poem in the shape of teardrops falling?
The author wants to help the reader visualize the melancholy tone of the poem.
Why does Father consider returning to the Dominican Republic?
The dictatorship of Trujillo has been toppled, and it is now safer to return
Compare the sentences below and answer the question that follows. Sentence #1: "You had better wipe that smirk off of your face and listen to what I'm saying." Sentence #2: "Your grin upsets me because it implies that you are not taking my concerns seriously." Which of the following statements is TRUE?
The idiom in the first sentence gives it an aggressive tone.
The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe I Hear the sledges with the bells— Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells From the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells— From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells. II Hear the mellow wedding bells, Golden bells! What a world of happiness their harmony foretells! Through the balmy air of night How they ring out their delight!— From the molten-golden notes, And all in tune, What a liquid ditty floats To the turtle-dove that listens, while she gloats On the moon! Oh, from out the sounding cells, What a gush of euphony voluminously wells! How it swells! How it dwells On the Future!—how it tells Of the rapture that impels To the swinging and the ringing Of the bells, bells, bells!— Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells— To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells! III Hear the loud alarum bells— Brazen bells! What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells! In the startled ear of night How they scream out their affright! Too much horrified to speak, They can only shriek, shriek, Out of tune, In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire— In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire, Leaping higher, higher, higher, With a desperate desire, And a resolute endeavor, Now—now to sit or never, By the side of the pale-faced moon. Oh, the bells, bells, bells! What a tale their terror tells Of despair! How they clang and clash and roar! What a horror they outpour In the bosom of the palpitating air! Yet the ear, it fully knows, By the twanging And the clanging, How the danger ebbs and flows:— Yes, the ear distinctly tells, In the jangling And the wrangling, How the danger sinks and swells, By the sinking or the swelling in the anger of the bells— Of the bells— Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells— In the clamor and the clangor of the bells! IV Hear the tolling of the bells— Iron bells! What a world of solemn thought their monody compels! In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright At the melancholy menace of their tone! For every sound that floats From the rust within their throats Is a groan. And the people—ah, the people They that dwell up in the steeple, All alone And who, tolling, tolling, tolling, In that muffled monotone, Feel a glory in so rolling On the human heart a stone— They are neither man nor woman— They are neither brute nor human, They are Ghouls:— And their king it is who tolls:— And he rolls, rolls, rolls, rolls A Paean from the bells! And his merry bosom swells With the Paean of the bells! And he dances and he yells; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the Paean of the bells— Of the bells:— Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the throbbing of the bells:— Of the bells, bells, bells— To the sobbing of the bells:— Keeping time, time, time, As he knells, knells, knells, In a happy Runic rhyme, To the rolling of the bells— Of the bells, bells, bells:— To the tolling of the bells— Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells— To the moaning and the groaning of the bells. The following question refers to "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe. Which idea is presented in stanza three?
death is on the horizon
Mood refers to the __________ state of a story.
emotional
Read the excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe and answer the question that follows. His fears had been ever since growing upon him. He had been trying to fancy them causeless, but could not. He had been saying to himself —"It is nothing but the wind in the chimney—it is only a mouse crossing the floor," . . . Yes, he had been trying to comfort himself with these suppositions: but he had found all in vain. All in vain; because Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim. And it was the mournful influence of the unperceived shadow that caused him to feel—although he neither saw nor heard—to feel the presence of my head within the room. Which of the following BEST identifies the tone of this excerpt?
foreboding
Identify the type of verbal used in the following sentence. The planning of the masquerade ball took many months
gerund
Read the following sentence. In Venice, masquerading is not for spectators; everyone participates during Carnival. Which type of verbal is the underlined verb form?
gerund
Which word BEST describes the tone of the following passage from "Gifts"? Flying from hardship and failure To a future of warmth and light.
hopeful
Read the following sentence and determine which type of figurative language is being used. "I promise you that this will be the final war—the war to end all wars." —WOODROW WILSON, U.S. PRESIDENT (1913-21).
hyperbole
"The sands of time" is an example of __________.
imagery
Where does Yolanda, the narrator of "Daughter of Invention," find inspiration for her speech?
in the poetry of Walt Whitman
Read the following sentence. She bought a mask to wear to the celebration. Which type of verbal is the underlined verb form?
infinitive
Which type of verbal can be used as a noun, adjective, or adverb?
infinitive
Which type of verbal can be used as an adjective, adverb, or noun?
infinitive
The tone of an argument in which a writer is trying to persuade readers to take action would most likely be __________
inspirational
Sea Fever by John Masefield I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking, And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking. I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying. I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over. The following question refers to "Sea Fever" by John Masefield. The "vagrant gypsy life," "the gull's way," and "the whale's way" are alike in that each __________.
keeps moving from place to place
Read the poem below and answer the question that follows. There was a young lady of Cork, Whose Pa made a fortune in pork; He bought for his daughter A tutor who taught her To balance green peas on her fork. Which form of poetry BEST classifies this poem?
limerick
A(n) __________ verb connects subjects to complements.
linking
Soccer Simulation League is the oldest league in RoboCup Soccer. Which of the following choices BEST identifies the underlined verb?
linking
The robots operate on their own; no external control is present in the Standard Platform League. Which of the following choices BEST identifies the underlined verb?
linking
Read the following lines of Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18" and answer the question that follows. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: The first line is an example of which type of figurative language?
metaphor
Rae reads Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, and it leaves her feeling uneasy and nervous. This is an example of which of the following?
mood
Which genre and form BEST describe the following poem? Beautiful new couch My piercing claws are in love Did you just say vet?
narrative haiku
"The Legend" is a __________.
narrative poem
What is a stanza?
one unit or group of lines in a poem
"Words that imitate sounds" is the definition of which type of literary device?
onomatopoeia
Identify the type of verbal used in the following sentence. Being anonymous at a costume ball can feel liberating.
participle
Read the following sentence. The tired masqueraders rested beside the fountain. Which type of verbal is the underlined verb form?
participle
Which type of verbal ONLY functions as a modifier?
participle
Which type of verbal is used as a modifier?
participle
The question below refers to "The Legend" by Garrett Hongo. Read the first stanza from the poem "The Legend" below, and answer the question that follows. In Chicago, it is snowing softly and a man has just done his wash for the week. He steps into the twilight of early evening, carrying a wrinkled shopping bag full of neatly folded clothes, and, for a moment, enjoys the feel of warm laundry and crinkled paper, flannellike against his gloveless hands. There's a Rembrandt glow on his face, a triangle of orange in the hollow of his cheek as a last flash of sunset blazes the storefronts and lit windows of the street. The tone of the first stanza of "The Legend" could best be described as __________.
peaceful
Read the first stanza of the "Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key and answer the question that follows. O say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there, O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Which type of figurative language is used in line 4? (Hint: Pay special attention to the word gallantly).
personification
Read the poem "The Eagle: A Fragment" by Alfred Lord Tennyson and answer the question that follows. He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ring'd with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls. Which type of figurative language is used in line 4, which is underlined?
personification
Which type of figurative language is used in the following poem, "The Cat and the Fiddle"? Hey diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon
personification
Read the following poem "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein and answer the question that follows. There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins, And there the grass grows soft and white, And there the sun burns crimson bright, And there the moon-bird rests from his flight To cool in the peppermint wind. Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black And the dark street winds and bends. Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow, And watch where the chalk-white arrows go To the place where the sidewalk ends. Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow, And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go, For the children, they mark, and the children, they know The place where the sidewalk ends. What literary device is used at the beginning of the underlined lines?
repetition
Read the following sentences. 1. Traveling is Tom's favorite pastime. 2. He especially loved traveling to Italy last year. Which of the following choices correctly identifies the type of verbal traveling is in each of the above sentences?
sentence 1: gerund sentence 2: gerund
Read the following sentences. 1. When the programming went haywire, the humanoid robot became wild! 2. The soccer players, both human and humanoid, ran up and down the field. Which of the following choices BEST identifies the underlined verb in both sentences?
sentence 1: linking sentence 2: action
Read the first stanza of the "Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key and answer the question that follows. O say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly* streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there, O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? *gallantly: boldly, bravely, nobly Which type of sensory imagery is being used?
sight
Read the poem "The Eagle: A Fragment" by Alfred Lord Tennyson and answer the question that follows. He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ring'd with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls. Which type of imagery is most prevalent in this poem?
sight
Read the excerpt from "The Pit and the Pendulum," a short story by Edgar Allan Poe and answer the question that follows. In it, a prisoner condemned to death has been trapped in a lightless dungeon. When an eerie glow from an unknown source enables him to see his surroundings, he compares the impressions he gained in the dark with what he observes when the dungeon is lit. In its size I had been greatly mistaken. The whole circuit of its walls did not exceed twenty-five yards. For some minutes this fact occasioned me a world of vain trouble; vain indeed! for what could be of less importance, under the terrible circumstances which environed me, than the mere dimensions of my dungeon? But my soul took a wild interest in trifles, and I busied myself in endeavors to account for the error I had committed in my measurement. The truth at length flashed upon me. In my first attempt at exploration I had counted fifty-two paces, up to the period when I fell; . . . upon awaking, I must have returned upon my steps—thus supposing the circuit nearly double what it actually was. . . . I had been deceived, too, in respect to the shape of the enclosure. In feeling my way I had found many angles, and thus deduced an idea of great irregularity; so potent is the effect of total darkness . . . The angles were simply those of a few slight depressions, or niches, at odd intervals. The general shape of the prison was square. What I had taken for masonry seemed now to be iron, or some other metal, in huge plates . . . The entire surface of this metallic enclosure was [covered] in . . . hideous and repulsive devices . . . Which of the following words BEST describes the mood of the excerpt?
sinister
Read the poem entitled "El Olvido" and answer the question that follows. El Olvido by Judith Ortiz Cofer a bare, cold room with no pictures on the walls, a forgetting place where she fears you will die of loneliness and exposure. Jesús, María, y José, she says, el olvido is a dangerous thing. Which of the following adjectives BEST describes the speaker's tone?
solemn
Read the following sentence and determine which type of figurative language is being used. Dad yelled, "Get over here and give me a hand with this!"
synecdoche
Which of the following does the narrator, Yolanda, remember as her mother's final invention?
the Teachers' Day speech
This story is being told from the point of view of __________.
the daughter
Which of the following images would most likely evoke a scary mood?
the opening of a creaky door in a deserted house
Sea Fever by John Masefield I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking, And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking. I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying. I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over. The following question refers to "Sea Fever" by John Masefield. The speaker "must go down to the seas again" because __________.
the running tide is calling him
The narrator's attitude conveyed through word choice is __________.
tone
Read the excerpt below from a Florida government land-use study and answer the question that follows. In it, the authors describe how humans need to recognize themselves as part of the ecosystem in which they live. The problem with human colonies is that they violate the conditions required for sustainability. Metropolitan areas are out of balance with the environment upon which they depend. . . . The ever persistent spread of cities will continue to devour valuable farmland, forests, and pasture. Gobbling up land and polluting the water and air upon which all life depends, our cities are on a collision course with the future. Which word BEST describes the overall tone of the excerpt?
warning
Tone is communicated through the author's __________.
word choice