Question 39 • $2526: sem 1: 1001410: English 4 HONORS: NEW
Read the excerpt from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.The manner in which they spoke of the Meryton assembly was sufficiently characteristic. Bingley had never met with pleasanter people or prettier girls in his life; every body had been most kind and attentive to him, there had been no formality, no stiffness, he had soon felt acquainted with all the room; and as to Miss Bennet, he could not conceive an angel more beautiful. Darcy, on the contrary, had seen a collection of people in whom there was little beauty and no fashion, for none of whom he had felt the smallest interest, and from none received either attention or pleasure. Miss Bennet he acknowledged to be pretty, but she smiled too much.
Answer
A
She uses critical language to describe Bingley’s reaction, and favorable language to describe Darcy’s reaction.
B
She uses emotional language to describe Bingley’s reaction, and indifferent language to describe Darcy’s reaction.
C
She uses positive language to describe Bingley’s reaction, and negative language to describe Darcy’s reaction.
D
She uses humorous language to describe Bingley’s reaction, and serious language to describe Darcy’s reaction.
Explanation
Bingley describes the people and the assembly favorably: they are “pleasanter,” “prettier,” and “kind,” and Miss Bennet seems like “an angel.” Darcy’s reaction is negative: he sees “little beauty,” “no fashion,” and feels no interest or pleasure. So the passage uses positive language for Bingley’s reaction and negative language for Darcy’s.
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