D, Was is the answer, a being verb is showing the state of being such as (am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been.
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povertyProcured:gainedMotives:reasonsMetamorphosis:change1In this great American asylum, the poor of Europe have by some meansmet together, and in consequence of various causes; to what purpose, should they ask oneanother, what countrymen they are? Alas, two thirds of them had no country. Can awretch who wanders about, who works and starves, whose life is a continual scene ofsore affliction or pinchingpenury; can that man call England or any other kingdom hiscountry? A country that had no bread for him, whose fieldsprocuredhim no harvest,who met with nothing but the frowns of the rich, the severity of the laws, with jails andpunishments; who owned not a single foot of the extensive surface of this planet? No!Urged by a variety ofmotives, here they came. Everything has tended to regeneratethem; new laws, a new mode of living, a new social system; here they are becomemen: in Europe they were as so many useless plants, wanting vegetative mould, andrefreshing showers; they withered, and were mowed down by want, hunger, ❤
The words in the brackets are telling the actors what to physically do, meaning it would be a stage direction.
It isn't dialogue because that is a conversation between two people.
It isn't dialect because that is how a person speaks. There is no speaking in the brackets.
It isn't narration because it isn't spoken allowed for the audience.
It isn't a description because that is too broad a term more often used for emotions.
Monotone means having no expression in your voice, no anger, no happiness, no interest. This word would affect the tone by giving the reader the feeling that he just doesn't care about what is going on/ what he's talking about. I hope this helped!
