SSAT Reading Question 230: Answer and Explanation
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Question: 230
1. In the first paragraph the author establishes a mood of
- A. promise
- B. serenity
- C. hostility
- D. foreboding
Correct Answer: D
Explanation:
D is correct. Mood is the pervading spirit or feeling of a passage as transmitted by the author’s choice of words. In this passage the day is described as "exceedingly cold and gray" with "no sun nor hint of sun, though there was not a cloud in the sky." There was "an intangible pall over the face of things, a subtle gloom that made the day dark." And yet, despite these warning signs, the man was not worried. Taken together this information imparts a sense of impending misfortune or foreboding.