Read this excerpt from Silent Spring.

Then a strange blight crept over the area and everything began to change. Some evil spell had settled on the community: mysterious maladies swept the flocks of chickens; the cattle and sheep sickened and died. Everywhere was a shadow of death. The farmers spoke of much illness among their families.

Read this excerpt from "Save the Redwoods".

This righteous and lively indignation on the part of Californians after the long period of deathlike apathy, in which they have witnessed the destruction of other groves unmoved, seems strange until the rapid growth that right public opinion has made during the last few years is considered and the peculiar interest that attaches to the Calaveras giants.

Which word best describes the tone used in both excerpts?

A: frustrated
B: passionate
C: wishful
D: insincere

Explanation: The tone of a text or sentence 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, like: positive, negative, objective, sad, angry, etc. In the given excerpts from "Silent Spring" and "Save the Redwoods" respectively, we can see examples of a passionate tone to talk about controversial and important subjects.