Question

Read these excerpts from The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday

Answer 1

Answer:

A). The first passage tells the story of the Kiowa people to achieve instructional tone, but the second passage uses personal experience to achieve a reflective tone.

Explanation:

The tone is characterized as the approach or attitude that an author follows towards a particular subject matter which is mirrored by his/her word choice.

As per the question, the first statement most appropriately establishes a comparison between the tones in both the excerpts as it correctly states that the former passage is relating a story about Kiowa people to attain an instructional tone that allows the readers in perceiving the mood of the story and understand it effectively. While the latter passage denotes personal experiences to develop a reflective tone to indirectly imply the meaning and assists the readers in understanding his point of view. Thus, option A is the correct answer.