When World War II ended in Europe in 1945, the victorious Allies, as part of the peace treaty, divided
Germany into four parts-one each for the United States,
England, France, and Russia. The Soviet Union gained
control of the eastern part of the country, while the other
three Allied nations controlled the western part.
-The Dark Game,
Paul Janeczko
Read the passage .then use the drop down menus to answer the questions . What is the tone of the passage? Imagine that the word divided in the first sentence were
changed to tore. How would the tone change?

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.