Which text has the most irritated tone?
José rolled his eyes as he turned the last page of the pulpy fantasy novel he'd brought with him. The dialogue had been inane, the prose stilted, and the plot nonexistent. Well, there's three hours of my life I'll never get back, he thought.
As massive and intimidating as Mt. Everest, Giulia's summer reading book sat on her desk, exactly where she'd left it at the start of summer vacation. With just one day before the assignment was due, it seemed to mock her from across the room.
Rocking gently in his hammock, Karl looked up from his book at the lush canopy of trees above him. He splayed the book on his chest and dozed off, lulled to sleep by the singing birds and babbling brook.
Each student will choose two books, one fiction and one nonfiction, from the summer reading list. On the first day of school, students will turn in short reports on each book they've chosen
The most irritated tone can be found in the second text:
"As massive and intimidating as Mt. Everest, Giulia's summer reading book sat on her desk, exactly where she'd left it at the start of summer vacation. With just one day before the assignment was due, it seemed to mock her from across the room."