This is an excerpt from an eighth-grade history textbook: Over 27 million people visited the 1893 Columbian
Exposition in Chicago, at a time when the total U. S.
population was only 65 million. People didn't just come
from all over the United States; they came from all over the
world to see what this young nation was about.

The tone of a story is the author's attitude toward the subject. provide two examples that support the conclusion that the tone of this story is ironic.

What is the most likely reason schlosser uses a direct quotation in this excerpt from fast food nation?

What is the effect of the author's choice of the word loathsome rather than hateful in this sentence from the count of monte cristo? two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration. it reveals that the unpleasant aspects of the stairway are manmade. it stresses the disgusting, offensive nature of the stairway. it suggests that the soldiers are used to the place and do not hate it. it implies that the effects of the stairway are felt only by the inspector.