Select the correct answer. Read this excerpt adapted from Katherine Mansfield's "The Garden Party."

And after all, the weather was ideal. They could not have had a more perfect day for a garden-party if they had ordered it-windless, warm, the sky without a cloud. Only the blue was velled with a haze of light gold, as it is sometimes in early summer. The gardener had been up
since dawn, mowing the lawns and sweeping them, until the grass and the dark flat rosettes where the daisy plants had been seemed to shine.

Which word best describes the mood of the passage?
A. cheerful
B. mysterious
C. anxious
D. playful

The word the best describes the mood of the passage is:

A. cheerful

Explanation:

Mood can be described as the way the author feels as well as the way he or she makes readers feel. This excerpt of "The Garden Party", by Katherine Mansfield, conveys a cheerful mood. The description of the day and of the garden is exuberant. Words such as "warm", "light gold", and "shine" all help convey this bubbly, joyous feeling. Just think of the opposite, of a day that is described as dull, gray, and cloudy. The feeling conveyed would be of melancholy, the opposite of cheerful.

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