How are tone and the meaning of words related?
a. the tone of a passage can only be determined if an author uses positive words.
b. the tone is based on word choice, so the meaning of words explain the ways the author feels about a topic or subject.
c. the tone of a passage can only be determined if an author uses negative words.
d. the word choice is based on tone, so the tone explains the ways the author feels about the meaning of words.

D. The tone is the author's feelings about the topic. For example, interesting means that something interests them. Cool has a neutral connotation because it doesn't give you much information on how the author feels.

The correct answer is option B) The tone is based on word choice, so the meaning of words explain the ways the author feels about a topic or subject.

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Much of this poverty was said to be "invisible." It affected Blacks in urban neighborhoods and whites in depressed rural areas like the Appalachian Mountains. Middle-class Americans never saw the misery in other sectors of American society. Poverty amid plenty was another paradox of the '50s, but most people were able to ignore it.

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