LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY
GENRE AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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How the author feels about his or her subject
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How the reader feels about the subject
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How the narrator feels about the subject
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The writer’s point of view
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tone is the author’s attitude toward the topic. The author’s attitude is expressed through the words and details he or she selects. For example, textbooks are usually written with an objective tone which includes facts and reasonable explanations. The objective tone is matter-of-fact and neutral.
Detailed explanation-2: -The poet’s attitude toward the poem’s speaker, reader, and subject matter, as interpreted by the reader. Often described as a “mood” that pervades the experience of reading the poem, it is created by the poem’s vocabulary, metrical regularity or irregularity, syntax, use of figurative language, and rhyme.
Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is “Persuasive". Persuasion occurs when an author aims to convince the reader to do some action or believe some idea. In the passage the tone of the author is persuasive as he/she is explaining why E-readers are better than printed books.