How does the author's word choice help express the tone of the excerpt?
Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson 1".
Ellery hurried down West 92nd Street toward the main
entrance of Henry Hudson High School stealing guilty
glances at his watch. Miss Carpenter had been crisply
specific about place, date, and time: her homeroom, 109;
Friday morning, April 22nd; first period ("Bell at 8:40, Mr.
Queen").
The negative connotations of the words "hurried,"
"guilty," and "crisply" give the excerpt a tone of
freedom
The negative connotations of the words "hurried,"
"guilty," and "crisply" give the excerpt a tone of
pressure.
The positive connotations of the words "toward,"
"entrance," and "morning" give the excerpt a tone of
freedom.
The positive connotations of the words "toward,"
"entrance," and "morning" give the excerpt a tone of
pressure.