Question: Which phrases in the excerpt best support the author’s purpose of creating a positive image of a town? Select five options.

Answer: heart of America

live in harmony

hillside of orchards

blaze of color

backdrop of pines

Question: Which words and phrases from the excerpt best support the author’s purpose of creating a sense of alarm about the environment? Select four options.

Answer: these disasters

grim specter

tragedy

stark reality

Question: In this excerpt, which phrase carries the most positive tone?

Answer: the dawn chorus of robins

Question: Which excerpt from Silent Spring best appeals to readers’ pathos?

Answer: Yet every one of these disasters has actually happened somewhere, and many real communities have already suffered a substantial number of them. A grim specter has crept upon us almost unnoticed, and this imagined tragedy may easily become a stark reality we all shall know.

Question: Which best compares the structure of Silent Spring and “Save the Redwoods”?

Answer: Silent Spring starts with a positive picture and ends with a negative picture, while “Save the Redwoods” starts with a negative picture and ends with a positive picture.

Question: In this sentence, Carson mostly uses a cautious—- tone.

Answer: peaceful

Question: Which word best describes the tone used in both excerpts?

Answer: passionate

Question: Which best explains how the phrase “white granular powder” supports the author’s purpose of calling attention to the environment?

Answer: The powder is an unnatural substance.

Question: What kind of tone do the underlined words create?

Answer: threatening

Question: Which best states a comparison of the tones used in these sentences?

Answer: Both sentences are uplifting, but the second sentence has a more moral tone.