Question

Read the excerpt from "Life Below Zero."

Frigid temperatures can stymie transportation, preventing goods from reaching store shelves. Cold can also keep customers at home, which further hurts businesses.

How does the author's use of the word stymie affect the tone of the passage?

Responses

It creates an apprehensive tone.
It creates an apprehensive tone.

It suggests a desperate tone.
It suggests a desperate tone.

It creates a resigned tone.
It creates a resigned tone.

It suggests a hopeless tone.
It suggests a hopeless tone.

Answer 1

The author's use of the word "stymie" suggests an apprehensive tone, conveying a sense of worry or concern about the potential impact of frigid temperatures on transportation and businesses.