7. the laughing wind skipped through the village, teasing trees until they danced with anger and cajoling the grass into fighting itself, blade slapping blade, at the silly dog with golfball eyes and flopping, slobbery tongue bounded across the lawn. tone: context clues: mood:

Tone: Informal, lack of seriousness, playful in an irritating and annoying manner. Teasing

Context clues: Laughing wind: Teasing trees to dance  with anger (sway violently); cajoling the grass by slapping blade against blades (throwing one grass leaves against each other); leaving the silly dog  bounded  across the lawn (helpless dog just glued to the lawn).

Mood: Setting - country-side, open natural space; diction - crazy and pestering/teasing; theme - the (laughing) wind.

Explanation:

Tone: defines the attitude of the author towards the character of his story.

Context clue: words used to further explain the use of an unknown word use or expression. This could be a synonym, antonym, a definition or specific examples.

Mood: Can be divided into i. the atmosphere (Setting) created by the author, he evokes in the readers the desired emotions by the use of words (ii tone, iii diction and iv theme)

the answer is actually c   i just got done with the test.

"the monkey's paw" is a rare story in that the theme is actually stated in the story. sgt. maj. morris tells the whites that the old fakir who put the spell on the paw said, "fate rules people's lives and those who interfere with fate do so to their sorrow." the message is a warning, but mr. white doesn't believe it. even though sgt. maj. morris makes it clear that he tried wishing with unfortunate results and he tries to throw the paw on the fire,   mr. white makes a wish for 200 pounds only to find that he receives the money when herbert dies in a factory accident. according to the fakir, then, because mr. white had wished for something he should not have had, his son lost his life.

the second wish that mrs. white encourages him to make is for herbert's return--one week after his death. when the strange knocking begins at the door during the windy night, mr. white panicks, believing that the previously dead but still mangled herbert could have walked home from the cemetary and is now at the door. because he fears what his wife will find if she opens the door, mr. white makes his third wish--for the noise to stop.

therefore, he uses his three wishes and to his sorrow, loses his son and disappoints his wife, who fervently believed that their son was at the door. she wanted him back, regardless of his condition.

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