Read the paragraph and choose the tone that applies to the p…
Read the paragraph and choose the tone that applies to the paragraph. The tone of the paragraph can be described as . I played football through grade school, co-captained my high-school team, and went on to become an inside linebacker and defensive captain at the NCAA Division I level. I learned to be an animal. Coaches took notice of animals. Animals made first team. Being an animal meant being fanatically aggressive and ruthlessly competitive. If I saw an arm in front of me, I trampled it. Whenever blood was spilled, I nodded approval. Broken bones (not mine, of course) were secretly seen as little victories within the bigger struggle. The coaches taught me to “punish the other man,” but little did I suspect that I was devastating my own body at the same time. There were broken noses, ribs, fingers, toes, and teeth; torn muscles and ligaments; bruises; bad knees; busted lips; and the gradual pulverizing of my spinal column. By the time my jock career was long over at age 30, these injuries had resulted in seven years of near-constant pain. It was a long road to the surgeon’s office.