How does the author’s word choice help express the tone of the excerpt?The negative connotations of the words "tiny," "vanished,
" and "hardly" give the excerpt a tone of loss.The negative connotations of the words "tiny," "vanished," and "hardly" give the excerpt a tone of discovery.The positive connotations of the words "twinkle," "glittering," and "winked" give the excerpt a tone of discovery.The positive connotations of the words "twinkle," glittering," and "winked" give the excerpt a tone of loss.
Answer: When you figure out why a reading passage was written, you are identifying the author's purpose. Author's write for one of four reasons – to describe, to entertain, to explain or inform, and to persuade.
