question archive Read the following passage from George Washington Burnap's The Sphere and Duties of Woman before you choose your answer

Read the following passage from George Washington Burnap's The Sphere and Duties of Woman before you choose your answer

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Read the following passage from George Washington Burnap's The Sphere and Duties of Woman before you choose your answer."We now see women in that sphere for which she was originally intended and which she is so exactly fitted to adorn and bless, as the wife, the mistress of the home, the solace, the aid, and the counselor of the ONE, for whose sake alone the world is any consequence to her."

Which word best describes the tone of the passage?

Enraged - not this (already found out is was wrong on the retake)
Secretive - I dont feel like this is secretive
Adoring - Maybe this?
Offended - not this (already found out is was wrong on the retake)

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Answer: C) Adoring.

Explanation: the tone of a text is the author's attitude towards the audience, the subject or even the characters of the text. There are many kinds of tones: happy, sad, positive, negative, angry, etc. In the given excerpt from George Washington Burnap's "The Sphere and Duties of Woman" we can see that the word that best describes the tone of the passage is "adoring" because of the way the speaker refers to women.