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Read the excerpt from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

Never in his life had he seen a river before—this sleek, sinuous, full-bodied
animal, chasing and chuckling, gripping things with a gurgle and
leaving them with a laugh, to fling itself on fresh playmates that
shook themselves free, and were caught and held again. All was a-shake
and a-shiver—glints and gleams and sparkles, rustle and swirl,
chatter and bubble.

Which best describes the tone created by the words with positive connotations in the excerpt?

serious
brave
joyful
quiet

Answer 1

The answer is joyful hope this helps

Answer 2

Answer: C) joyful.

Explanation: the tone of a text is the author's or speaker's attitude towards the audience, the subject or even the characters of the text. There are many different kinds of tones, for example: happy, positive, sad, negative, objective, angry, etc. In the given excerpt from "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame the words with positive connotations (sparkles, bubble, free, playmates, laugh, chuckling, etc), give the excerpt a joyful tone.