(1) My best school report was in first grade from Mrs. Varulo. (2) First, she told my parents about my amazing physical energy: “Lisa never tires of chasing and punching her classmates.” (3) Next, she praised my class participation and active, questioning mind: “After every instruction— even one as simple as ’Please take out your pencils’— Lisa asks ’Why?’” (4) Mrs. Varulo was so impressed with my vocabulary that she commented, “I don’t know where Lisa has picked up some of the words she uses— certainly not in my classroom.” (5) Somehow she even knew I would become a famous fiction writer. (6) “More than any other student I have ever taught,” she wrote, “Lisa is a born liar.”

8. In general, the tone of this paragraph can be described as

a. enthusiastic and cheerful.

b. annoyed and bitter.

c. cheerful and nostalgic.

d. ironic and humorous.