Read the excerpt below from the poem "Exile" by Julia Alvarez and complete the statement that follows. at a curfew-darkened Ciud
ad Trujillo, speaking in worried whispers to your brothers, which car to take, who'd be willing to drive it, what explanation to give should we be discovered . . . On the way to the beach, you added, eyeing me. The uncles fell in, chuckling phony chuckles, What a good time she'll have learning to swim! back in my sisters' room Mami was packing a hurried bag, allowing one toy apiece, her red eyes belying her explanation: a week at the beach so Papi can get some rest. She dressed us in our best dresses, party shoes. Something was off, I knew, but I was young and didn't think adult things could go wrong. So as we quietly filed out of the house we wouldn't see again for another decade, The foreshadowing in the excerpt above makes the poem's tone __________. excited
tense
reflective
angry
Foreshadowing refers to the author giving the reader a hint of what is to come later in the story. This literary device helps build expectations, but also excitement or worry.
In this case, the author gives us a hint that something is indeed wrong with them having to leave so hastily. She also says that they were not aware they were not going to see their house for another decade. These statements are an example of foreshadowing, and they give the poem a tense tone.
