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The Whitemarsh Affair
by John Murray

(REBECCA sews at a table. ELLA enters with a bundle of clothing.)

REBECCA: Yes, it is dreadfully cold in the camp where they are stationed.

ELLA (angrily): ’Tis a disgrace, the way families have been separated in this war.

REBECCA: Widow Nash told me that the British will attack on the sixth of December.

ELLA: Poor Widow Nash, having those British soldiers billeted in her house. And that General Howe is a pompous turkey!





Use the passage above to answer the question.

Which line from the text uses tone to show the women’s feelings toward the British?

(1 point)
Responses

The British think my entire family has been sent away.
The British think my entire family has been sent away.

And that General Howe is a pompous turkey!
And that General Howe is a pompous turkey!

’Tis a disgrace, the way families have been separated in this war.
’Tis a disgrace, the way families have been separated in this war.
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Answer 1

And that General Howe is a pompous turkey!