Question 1 A) What is an author’s tone? (1 point) their attitude toward a subject their purpose for writing the way they write dialogue the way they build suspense Question 2 ) Use the paragraph to answer the question. We heard racket about there being mysteries behind these gates, but sauntering up to them ourselves was a whole entire experience. I’m talking classic horror movie stuff— creaky branches, howling wind, ominous clouds covering the sun at just the right time. Wowee, if we were the type of kids to get spooked, we would have been. But me and K.P. just smirked at each other and got ready to explore. How do the words racket, sauntering, and smirked impact the paragraph’s overall meaning? (1 point) They imply the narrator is hiding their fear. They imply the narrator wants to impress a friend. They imply the narrator enjoys scary things. They imply the narrator considers the adventure a joke. Question 3 A) What is a word’s connotation? (1 point) the literal meaning of the word a word that has the same meaning the feeling the word gives the reader a comparison between two unlike words Question 4A) What is etymology? (1 point) a word’s origin and how its meanings have changed over time a word’s part of speech and how it functions in a sentence the scientific study of language and its structure the development of formal languages Question 5 A) What is the origin of the phrase caveat emptor? (1 point) French Latin English Spanish

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Here are the answers to your questions:

Question 1 A) What is an author’s tone?
Answer: their attitude toward a subject

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Question 2 How do the words racket, sauntering, and smirked impact the paragraph’s overall meaning?
Answer: They imply the narrator considers the adventure a joke.

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Question 3 A) What is a word’s connotation?
Answer: the feeling the word gives the reader

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Question 4 A) What is etymology?
Answer: a word’s origin and how its meanings have changed over time

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Question 5 A) What is the origin of the phrase caveat emptor?
Answer: Latin