Read this passage from when birds get flu and cows go mad! by john diconsiglio. Hughes was assigned to find infected cow parts a
t meat processing plants in washington. He remembers the sad look on some owners’ faces when he flashed his badge. If there was a chance that any of their meat might have mad cow, they’d have to throw it all away. "the business they built from scratch was destroyed—through no fault of their own. And there was nothing they could do about it," hughes says. The tone in this passage most suggests that hughes is caring. Dedicated. Tense. Focused
The tone of the author in this passage from "When the birds get flu" can be described as caring.
<h3>What is the tone?</h3>
This refers to the generalattitude of the author in a text when referring to the subject or topic the author describes. For example, a text about the pandemic might have a pessimistic or optimistictone.
<h3>What is the tone in the excerpt?</h3>
This excerpt shows a rather caringtone, this is because the author seems to worry about the negativeimpact of the madcowdisease on farmers. This can be seen in excerpts such as:
"the sad look on some owners’ faces"
"the business they built from scratch was destroyed
