(RL.2.4) Read lines 19 and 20 from "Arachne and Minerva" (source 1): "Silly fool,
- worn out and witless in your palsied age,

What is Arachne's tone in these lines?
O
a. Questioning
b. Demeaning
O c. Celebratory
d. Respectful

b. Demeaning

Explanation:

Demeaning someone means to speak to someone in a very disrespectful manner by insulting them with the aim being to degrade them and make them feel less dignified. It can also be done through actions.

Arachne here called the person a silly fool who is worn out and witless (stu-pid) which served to insult the person and therefore demean them. The tone is therefore demeaning.

d.) then bernice winced as marjorie tossed her own hair over her shoulders and began to twist it slowly into two long blond braids until in her cream-colored negligée she looked like a delicate painting of some saxon princess. fascinated, bernice watched the braids grow. heavy and luxurious they were, moving under the supple fingers like restive snakes—and to bernice remained this relic and the curling iron and a to-morrow full of eyes.