Question

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

Answer 1

Assertive — the passage gives clear, authoritative rules about proper behavior rather than showing sympathy, cynicism, or a neutral description.