Question

Read this excerpt from The Way To Rainy Mountain

"She could tell of the cows, who she had never seen, and of the black hills, where she had never been. I wanted to see in reality what she had seen more perfectly in the minds eye...."

Which tone is conveyed by the language in this expert?

A) the author's admiration for his grandmother

B) the author's determination yo travel around the world

C) the author's emotional connection to the cows

D) the author's suspicion about the real route of the Kiowa

Answer 1

The tone conveyed by the language of this excerpt reveals not only the author's emotional connection to the cows but also the black hills he had been told about and "seen in the mind's eye". The emotional connection is reinforced by the author's expressed desire to "see in reality" these images she had painted with her words.