Question 2
Reread these sentences from paragraph 2. Which tone
do the underlined word choices give to the text?
a neutral tone
a scientific tone
For hundreds of years, sailors
and fishermen slaughtered the
tortoises for meat. People who
came to the islands brought
with them dogs, pigs, and rats
that devoured tortoise eggs
and juvenile tortoises. Goats,
also introduced by people,
gorged on the vegetation that
sustained the tortoises.
a tone of awe
a disapproving tone