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Questions
1. Tone is the attitude a cartoonist takes towards a subject. Which pair of words best describes the tone of this cartoon?
a) solemn/serious
b) self-pitying/defeated
c) disgusted/cynical
d) sarcastic/humorous
2. What is the probable origin of the saying “Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite”?
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Answers
1. The tone of this cartoon is d) sarcastic/humorous.
2. Origin of “Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite” randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20000510.
Or from yahooanswers:
There are two explanations to the origin of this saying:
The first explains that in the old days before modern mattresses, a bed use to consist of a square frame with ropes tied across in a weave like pattern to act as springs. This bed was similar to a hammock. The tighter the ropes on the bed, the better higher quality of sleep you got. The bedbugs part is pretty self-explanatory. The bedbugs part refers to the tiny critters that make your warm cozy bed, their home.
Another theory behind the “sleep tight” saying is explained by the Oxford dictionary saying, ” It seems that tight in this expression is the equivalent of the only surviving use of the adverb tightly meaning ‘soundly, properly, well, effectively”.
