5. how would you describe thoreau’s tone in paragraph 12? how does it contribute to his position?

Cautionary and advocative

Explanation:

The tone that Thoreau adopts in paragraph 12 is a cautionary and advocative one. In this paragraph, Thoreau discusses the process of voting, and how this impacts regular citizens. He tells us that citizens who are intelligent and honest matter as much as people who do not have these qualities when it comes to voting. He argues that this is an inefficient system, and that people who participate in it are acting in an unjust manner. This supports the idea he advocates throughout the text: that individual people deserve more input in politics.

(c) chagrined

The blank should be filled with a word that qualifies or describes the dog. In other words, the blank should be filled with an adjective.

In the options provided, the words that are actual adjectives are;

i. pernicious which means harmful, deadly or wicked.

ii. chagrined which means irritated, troubled or unsettled.

Even though both words could fit well into the blank, the one that fits better and fairer is chagrined. The dog was unsettled because it was looking for something new.