English, 27.11.2020 23:30 samantha9014

By reason of my tender age (and there are some critics who, I hope, will be satisfied by my acknowledging that I am a hundred and fifty-six next birthday) I could not understand what was the meaning of this night excursion—this candle, this tool house, this bag of soot. (On Being Found Out by William Makepeace Thackeray)

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Answer from: katiebonar13

Hello. This question is incomplete. The full question is:

What is the tone of the passage?

1. awestruck 2. humorous 3.calm

By reason of my tender age (and there are some critics who, I hope, will be satisfied by my acknowledging that I am a hundred and fifty-six next birthday) I could not understand what was the meaning of this night excursion—this candle, this tool house, this bag of soot. (On Being Found Out by William Makepeace Thackeray)

humorous

Explanation:

Reading the above text reveals that the author used a humorous tone to write it. This is because the narrator of the story presents the excerpt comically, especially when referring to his age, which gives a text a lightness and a strong sense of humor.

The tone of the text is the emotion that the text goes through when it is read, because that text passes a funny emotion, we can say that the tone of that text is humorous.

Answer from: Quest

explanatithe story "two kinds" , revolves around a strict relationship between a mother and daughter. the mother tries very hard to make sure her daughter jing mei , is successful in life and lives up to her full potential. the story explores alot of different themes. though , there is one theme that really stands out. you cant force someone to be something that their not.

jing mei's mother was an immagrant from china. she moved to the united states to give her daughter , jing mei , a better and successful life for her. and being raised in china with their strict rules and striving to be perfect took a toll on her and her daughters relationship. she pressures her daughter to be great and perfect all the time but it gets really hard for her to live up to her mothers standards. her mother believes that jing mei can be a child prodigy and prepares her to be and act like one. furthermore , the story ends with jing mei getting everything off her chest and seeing the dissappointment in her mothers eyes as she finds out her daughter has not lived up to her full potential. and her mother has finally gained an understanding of her daughter.

tbh ur lucky i answered because you only gave 5 points. it should have been like 50.

Answer from: Quest

This would be third person because they are using the correct pronouns that belongs to third person like he, the name, etc

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