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Difficulty: MediumWriter's Purpose, Tone, Mood, and Attitude

Read the passage below carefully:

"The sudden surge in enthusiasm for installing synthetic turf across municipal playing fields has been celebrated by local councils as a triumph of low-maintenance urban planning. Yet, this uncritical adoption blithely disregards the microplastic runoff contaminating surrounding waterways and the severe heat-island effects created during peak summer months. Rather than demonstrating genuine ecological stewardship, municipal authorities have merely embraced a convenient synthetic illusion, sacrificing long-term environmental sustainability for short-term fiscal efficiency."

Which of the following best describes the writer's overall attitude toward the municipal adoption of synthetic turf?

  1. Disapproving and criticalAnswer
  2. B
    Enthusiastic and supportive
  3. C
    Cautiously optimistic
  4. D
    Neutral and objective

Answer

The writer's overall attitude is disapproving and critical.
The option stating that the writer's attitude is disapproving and critical is correct because the author explicitly attacks the council's decision, calling it an 'uncritical adoption' that relies on a 'synthetic illusion' and disregards serious environmental damage.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the passage for tone indicators and evaluative language.
Identified strong negative words such as 'uncritical adoption', 'blithely disregards', 'synthetic illusion', and 'sacrificing long-term environmental sustainability'.
An author's attitude is revealed through their choice of diction and the specific arguments highlighted.
2
Distinguish the writer's stance from the opinions of entities mentioned in the text.
The local councils are described as celebrating the turf, but the author counters this view immediately using the contrastive conjunction 'Yet'.
Writers often cite opposing or popular views only to critique them.
3
Synthesize the overall tone and match with the correct descriptive option.
The overall tone is clearly judgment-heavy and disapproving regarding municipal decisions.
Matching the identified critical evidence directly to the option describing a disapproving stance confirms the correct answer.

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Writer's Purpose, Tone, Mood, and Attitude
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