I would assume that the answer is D: the way the author "speaks" to an audience on a page. We never truly know how the author feels until he/she shows us through his/her words. We really can't see this through conversations between characters, because often there will be characters that the author doesn't really "like" or wants to "dwell" upon, so often the conversations do not reveal much. The theme of the novel does convey a lot, but we still don't really know how the author feels about it. Themes are so hard to identify and everyone comes up with something different, so I would not see trying to find the author's voice in this option. Even though the writing can represent real people, it will not always represent the author. The best choice for me here is D. I hope that this helps and that that is the right answer!
1.Collapse
2.coo
3.Chime
4.frolic
5.foretell
6.modest
7.energetic
8.click
9.ambitious
10.dignified
11.clatter
12.rustle
13.brew
14.slurp
15.crunch
16bravery
17.clomp
18.squish
19.screech
20.lunge
This question is incomplete. Here's the complete question.
From Caramelo, by Sandra Cisneros
"A bungalow, a duplex, a brownstone, an apartment. Something, anything, because the Grandmother’s gloominess was the contagious kind, infecting every member of the household as fiercely as the bubonic plague".
The figurative language in lines 5 through 7 establishes a tone of
1) loneliness
2)confusion
3)desperation
4)shame
Answer: 3)desperation
Explanation:
The description of the grandmother´s bad mood like something contagious as a plague shows the desperation the character feels in that situation. The grandmother being unhappy and therefore mean to those who live with her, pushes the narrator and everyone in that family to desperately find somewhere else for her to live.
I believe the answer might be D. Hope this helps!!! Sorry if it doesn't!
