Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Oh, Mama, just look at me one minute as though you really saw me. Mama, fourteen
years have gone by. I'm dead. You're a grandmother, Mama. I marriedGeorge Gibbs, Mama. Wally's dead, too. Mama, his appendix burst on a camping trip to North Conway. We felt just terrible about it—don't youremember? But, just for a moment now we're all together. Mama, just for amoment we're happy. Let's look at one another. The tone of this excerpt from Our Town can be described as _____. Select all that apply. curious enlightened frustrated mournful
Explanation: The tone of a text is the attitude of the author about the subject, a character or any other aspect of the text. In this excerpt we can clearly identify a tone of frustation (because the mother doesn't even look at her daughter) and the tone is also mournful because it describes the death of Wally and how painful it was for the mother and daughter.
The effect of the underlined section in developing the tone
of this excerpt from "In a Queen's Domain" by Sarah Morgan Bryan
Piatt is it helps to change the tone of the poem from calm and carefree to
sinister and menacing.
