Which sentence uses an antonym clue to the reader determine the meaning of the underlined word?

Messalla frowns at the wide circular cover, for a moment returning to his own fussy world.

Which best describes the tone in these lines "the fish"

Realism was a fairly influential and widespread literary movement in the united states in the latter half of the nineteenth century. which american writer is among the pioneers of american realism? a. ernest hemingway b. f. scott fitzgerald c. j. d. salinger d. mark twain