Read the passage from Etiquette, by Emily Post. It is the height of rudeness for young people not to go and shake hands with an older lady of their acquaintance when they meet her away from home, if she is a hostess to whose house they have often gone. It is not at all necessary for either young women or young men to linger and enter into a conversation, unless the older lady detains them, which she should not do beyond the briefest minute. Which best describes the style and tone of the passage?

neutral

cynical

sympathetic

assertive

The best description of the style and tone of the passage is that it is:

According to the given excerpt, we can see that there is a narration about the proper behavior which younger people should have when they are in the company of an older person.

As a result of this, we can see that there is an assertive tone and style which is used by the writer to express her feelings which gives no room for compromise. She is firm in her belief about the way things should be done and she would have it in no other way.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D

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Assertive

Explanation: The paragraph seems assertive because it has a forceful and confident tone to it

this is more of an opinionated response

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