Kingsolver's tone shifts to more factual over page 50 and ahead.
Answer:
the metaphore in stanza three is winter so cold they could freeze a
tongue whole
Based on the excerpt is that tom is clearly ignoring his aunt's remorse on purpose. It is stated that he knows that a "yearning glance" was upon him but he refused to recognize it that is to acknowledge it. He even goes so far to imagine denying his aunt what she wants to hear even on his deathbed.
The correct answer for this question is this one: "C.negative" <span>The word "peculiar" has the kind of connotative meaning in this excerpt that is negative. If you read the line above, the tone is somewhat not positive for a person. It shows that a person is far from the normal person whom he used to be.
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