select the passage that has a more critical tone. the solitary house stood in a sadly neglected garden. it…

select the passage that has a more critical tone. the solitary house stood in a sadly neglected garden. it was uninhabited, but had, within the last year or two, been cheaply repaired to render it habitable. the little house seemed almost like a tent pitched against the sunshine. it had the crispness of a freshly starched summer gown, and the geraniums on the veranda bloomed like flowers in a bonnet. adapted from charles dickens, the haunted house and edith wharton, the touchstone

select the passage that has a more critical tone. the solitary house stood in a sadly neglected garden. it was uninhabited, but had, within the last year or two, been cheaply repaired to render it habitable. the little house seemed almost like a tent pitched against the sunshine. it had the crispness of a freshly starched summer gown, and the geraniums on the veranda bloomed like flowers in a bonnet. adapted from charles dickens, the haunted house and edith wharton, the touchstone

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Brief Explanations:

The first passage uses words like "sadly neglected" which convey a negative, critical view of the house and garden. The second passage uses positive - descriptive words like "almost like a tent pitched against the sunshine", "crispness", and "bloomed" to describe the house and its surroundings.

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The solitary house stood in a sadly neglected garden. It was uninhabited, but had, within the last year or two, been cheaply repaired to render it habitable.