Question

rejoining the club
one plus one equals two, a triangle has three
sides, and there are nine planets. for those
who learned about our little corner of the
cosmos before 2006, all of these facts were
set in stone. that all changed when a group of
astronomy experts created a set of criteria
that altered the solar system. in the blink of an
eye, pluto found itself in exile, a lowly dwarf
planet abruptly kicked out of an exclusive
group. luckily, numerous scientists have
publicly come out in favor of remedying this
unfortunate blunder.
the definition of a planet developed in 2006
required a rotating celestial body to have a
spherical shape, to orbit only the sun, and to
review the underlined sentence on page 1.
drag to the box two words that best describe
the tone created by the author’s word choice in
the sentence.
tone
:: excited :: worried
:: annoyed :: analytical
:: sarcastic

Explanation:

The underlined sentence uses personification for Pluto ("in exile," "kicked out") and phrases like "lowly" and "exclusive group" in a way that mocks the classification change. "Sarcastic" fits as it's ironic or mocking. "Annoyed" also works as the author seems irritated by Pluto's demotion (calling it a "blunder"). Other options: "excited" (no excitement), "worried" (no worry), "analytical" (not just analysis, has tone). So the two words are sarcastic and annoyed.

Answer:

sarcastic, annoyed