The first one has the good punctuation;
Let"s play ball ; I'm up to bat first (a semicolon)
hope I helped !
Tone is the author's attitude toward the speech. Since we know that Dr. King was the author and presenter of the speech, this was one of inspiration, seriousness, hope, and encouraging. This is not to be confused with mood. Mood is your feelings from the text. So, while the tone may be one of hope, to say it was 'hopeful' would be a mood (if that is indeed what you are feeling when hearing it.)
Answer:
im pretty sure the answer is d
Explanation:
it makes the most sense through process of elimination
The preposition is "in front".