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ghth grade > ★ c.3 compare passages for tone nsm
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select the passage that has a more regretful tone.
i tried to console her. she stopped me, however, by putting her fingers in her ears at the first words i uttered and then lying down on the rug with her face pressed against the floor. since nobody could convince her to get up; she was allowed to lie there as long as she liked.
but i had wounded doras soft little heart, and she was not to be comforted. she was so pathetic in her sobbing. i dont know what i said to hurt her. all night i felt pangs of remorse that made me miserable. my conscience was haunted by a vague sense of enormous wickedness..
adapted from charlotte brontë, villette and charles dickens, david copperfield
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Explanation:

The second passage explicitly uses words like "wounded," "pangs of remorse," "miserable," and "conscience was haunted" which directly convey regret for hurting Dora. The first passage only describes someone refusing comfort without showing regret from the narrator.

Answer:

But I had wounded Dora's soft little heart, and she was not to be comforted. She was so pathetic in her sobbing. I don't know what I said to hurt her. All night I felt pangs of remorse that made me miserable. My conscience was haunted by a vague sense of enormous wickedness.