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Question 3 • Language Arts 11

Which excerpt from "The Adventure of the Mysterious Picture" conveys the playful tone of the passage?

Answer

The attention of the company was immediately turned to me; if my face had been pale the moment before, it now glowed almost to burning.

I tried to laugh, but could only make a grimace; and found all the muscles of my face twitching at sixes and sevens.

There is a picture in the room in which I was put last night, that has had an effect upon me the most singular and incomprehensible.

“A picture!” said the old gentleman with the haunted head. “A picture!” cried the narrator with the waggish nose. “A picture! a picture!” echoed several voices.

Explanation

The playful tone comes through in the exaggerated, amusing descriptions of the characters: the “old gentleman with the haunted head” and the “narrator with the waggish nose.” The repeated exclamations of “A picture!” add to the lively, comic effect. The other excerpts focus more on embarrassment, fear, or mystery.

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