<em>Answer:</em> <em>The author's word choice help to express the tone of the excerpt since The negative connotations of the words "tensely," "clutching," and "sizzled" give the excerpt a tone of nervousness.</em>
<em>Explanation:</em> <em>Hopefully this helps you. (Pls don't report this if it is wrong)</em>
Answer:
”Over the next few months, I began to count the passage of time in full
moons rather than by the pages of a calendar . . . .”
Explanation:
"Moving to the Back of Beyond" is an article that describes the transformation that took place in the author's life, when she moved with her parents to a new place in Los Angeles. She expected to have a life in city instead her parents decided to live in a cabin in the woods.
But after she came to the place, she begin to love the nature and start observing nature like never before. The details that best supports the idea of narrator living at the 'back of beyond' helps her to connect to the natural is,
<em>"Over the next few months, I began to count the passage of time in full
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<em>moons rather than by the pages of a calendar . . . .”</em>
