50 POINTS FOR 75 WORDS.
"The presentation was about to begin. The audience anxiously waited in their metal chairs and talked to one another about what they were going to learn. The presenter walked to the front of the room, introduced herself. The audience clapped for the presenter. The presenter repeated what the audience already knew, that a passing quiz score on the information would be required by the end of the day for continued employment in the company. The audience immediately took out notepads and pens, tablets, and recorders. The presenter, then, pointed to the screen at the front of the room and pushed a button on her laptop. Suddenly, the screen went blank. The audience members shifted uncomfortably in their seats as the presenter worked to solve the problem. Some members of the audience tried to help. Phone calls were made by the presenter as the audience waited while looking nervously at their watches."

The tone of this passage is apprehensive. Explain why in 75 words or more.

The tone of the passage can be considered apprehensive because it uses many words that are either fearful or nervous, or that represent fearfulness or nervousness. One example of an apprehensive tone in the passage is in the second sentence, where it states, "The audience anxiously waited in their metal chairs and talked to one another..." "Anxiously" is a word that is apprehensive. Another example of an apprehensive tone in the passage is in the last sentence, where it states, "Phone calls were made by the presenter as the audience waited while looking nervously at their watches." "Nervously" is another word that is apprehensive.

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