How do the authors create a tone that develops their claim
and purpose?
o by using words with negative connotations, such as brutal
o by describing the land with positive connotations, such as
fertile
by describing the land with negative connotations, such
as rocky
o by using words with neutral connotations, such as plant

Read the excerpt from the time traveler's guide to elizabethan england.simon forman, who does attend plague sufferers, is a rare exception: this is because he has himself survived the disease and believes he cannot catch it again. however, his remedy amounts to little more than avoiding eating onions and keeping warm. he has a recipe for getting rid of the plague sores that will afflict you afterward if you survive the disease; but that is a very big "if.” it seems the best advice is provided by nicholas bownd in his book medicines for the plague: "in these dangerous times god must be our only defense.”which lines best summarize the excerpt?