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TSI Reading: Which Phrase Best Represents the Tone of the Passage? 3 Views


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What would have been a likely effect had Elser's plan succeeded?

(A)Elser could have stopped World War II.
(B)Adolf Hitler would not have come to power.
(C)The Swiss people would celebrate him as a hero.
(D)Elser would not have made the bomb.


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All right sy shmoop er's next up for its correct

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the question Which of the following phrases best represents the

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tone of a passage All right well let's go back

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and skim this puppy Four hundred gallons had so much

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one of the average american uses the home today and

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according environment who is it any wonder there you go

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there's that tone Alright you turn on tap water to

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get a drink or on the run until it feels

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cooler with shower Pour until water hot enough The toilet

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or irrigation system runs a bit too long and a

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dishwasher dates of clinton men Because like modern dishwashers use

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less water Many americans of finding a solution Technology of

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contribute conservation through innovation from showerheads Employee air pressure delivers

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satisfying shot with less water toa high efficiency dishwashers and

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water sipping lawn irrigation systems Conservation technologies found a place

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in our homes Okay well is it any wonder we're

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sucking the earth Dr its most valuable resource is you

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know certainly waters one of them well many appliances are

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out of date and wasting water unnecessarily Details like these

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give us an idea of the tone of the passage

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Or how the author feels when he or she is

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writing We like to keep an eye out for snarky

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little comments sarcasm and other feelings Weaken detect in the

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art is writing you know kind of like what we

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do here Shmoop yeah so the answer is b Is

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it any wonder like it's very snarky and the rest

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of this stuff just doesn't work so that's it it's 00:01:19.82 --> [endTime] big it's any wonder on we're shmoop

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