Question 14
Domain 1: English Language ProficiencyA reading comprehension question asks you to identify the author's tone in a passage. What are you primarily being asked to determine?
Correct answer: B
Explanation
Questions about author's tone ask you to identify the writer's attitude or feeling as expressed in the passage's language. — fcice_syllabus.txt
Why each option is right or wrong
A. The main sequence of events described in the passage
Sequence of events concerns plot or organization, not the writer's attitude.
B. The writer's attitude or feeling toward the subject
The source identifies the topic as author's tone. In reading comprehension, tone refers to the author's attitude or feeling conveyed through word choice and style, so identifying tone means determining that attitude.
C. The exact meaning of each unfamiliar word in the passage
Tone can be identified without defining every difficult word individually.
D. The factual accuracy of every claim made in the passage
Factual accuracy evaluates truth of statements, not the author's attitude.