Answer:
The line that best describes how the diction supports the tone of this passage is: <em>That's what makes it ours- being born on it, working it, dying on it.</em>
Explanation:
Diction refers to the words and phrases you use when you decide to write. In this context, the words chosen; <u>born on it, working it, dying on it, and ours </u>support pretty much all the other ideas: <em>but it's our land, we measured it and broke it up, not a paper with numbers. </em>You are able perceive the speaker's hopelessness, when reading this line which mainly supports the tone of this passage.