Question

name mood and tone directions: the passage below is from the novel hard times by charles dickens. read the passage. then answer the questions. so, mr. mchoakumchild began in his best manner. he and some one hundred and forty other school - masters, had been lately turned at the same time, in the same factory, on the same principles, like so many pianoforte legs. he had been put through an immense variety of paces, and had answered volumes of head - breaking questions. orthography, etymology, syntax, and prosody, biography, astronomy, geography, and general cosmography, the sciences of compound proportion, algebra, land - surveying and levelling, vocal music, and drawing from models, were all at the ends of his ten chilled fingers. he had worked his way into her majestys most honourable privy councils schedule b, and had taken the bloom off the higher branches of mathematics and physical science, french, german, latin, and greek. he knew all about all the water sheds of all the world (whatever they are), and all the histories of all the peoples, and all the names of all the rivers and mountains, and all the productions, manners, and customs of all the countries, and all their boundaries and bearings on the two and thirty points of the compass. ah, rather overdone, mchoakumchild. if he had only learnt a little less, how infinitely better he might have taught much more! 1. the tone of the passage is: a. nostalgic b. pessimistic c. satirical d. ironic 2. the mood of the passage is: a. humorous b. cautionary c. informative d. mean - spirited 3. what context clues did you use to determine your answers?

Explanation:

1. El autor describe a M'Choakumchild de manera exagerada y burlesca, mostrando una actitud satírica hacia la educación rigida y excesiva que se le imparte, lo que indica un tono satírico.
2. La forma en que se presenta la cantidad desmedida de conocimientos de M'Choakumchild de una manera exagerada crea un tono humorístico.
3. Palabras como "Ah, rather overdone" y la enumeración excesiva de conocimientos indican el tono satírico y el humor.

Answer:

1. c. satírico
2. a. humorístico
3. Palabras y descripciones exageradas como "Ah, rather overdone" y la larga lista de conocimientos.