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Select the correct answer. Read this sentence from Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," and choose the word that best describes the narrator's tone in the sentence. Mr. Gascoigne's mind seemed to run on political topics, but whether relating to the past, present, or future, could not easily be determined, since the same ideas and phrases have been in vogue these fifty years. A. condescending B. ironic C. melancholic D. sarcastic

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The tone of the text is sarcastic. (Option D). The choice of words that betray this fact are: " but whether relating to the past, present, or future, could not easily be determined"

What is a tone in the parlance of literature?

Tone in literature is a word that is used to describe the attitude that the author exhibits in relation to the text or story. This is deduced form the choice of word that the write uses.

Hence, it is right to state that the above excerpt bear a sarcastic tone.

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